BlueSkyMine Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 23 minutes ago i right clicked the file in the list and pressed the stop button on uTorrent 1.8 build 11813it is the only file in the listas IS usual i wait until the upload/download counter in the status bar slows to read 0 traffic up 0 traffic down...usually takes a few seconds for it to slow to a haltexcept it's still ticking away it is staying under 2k per second in each direction,but it is definately NOT stopping...i hit the big red button on the menu bar,and watch incredulously as the speed goes up to 1.9k and down to 0.1k...and then back up, back down...it simply wont stopppp.......(worried about file corruption - am going to unplug the internet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Is DHT enabled?The status bar speeds include DHT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 If you have DHT enabled, it will constantly use bandwidth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyMine Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 and DHT is/does what exactly?(ie do i need to disable DHT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 It's useful for when the tracker goes down... but you can probably turn it off with no real ill effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyMine Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 the tracker for the torrents i am downloading is more often down than not,so i shoul turn off dht and then stop the torrents when i want to turn off my system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Well, DHT only helps with public torrents. If the torrent is private, it won't do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyMine Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 curious, long ago i moved my torrents to a portable drive, that way i can carry them from machine to machine, depending where i am for the day.This worked reasonably with 1.7, and works even better with 1.8 (the "check" always matches with 1.8),however i have notied that with DHT on, it is only ONE system that refuses to stop when i tell it to, that system slows to a crawl (as described), but refuses to stop.all systems use the same O/S (XPP), but they are all different kinds,one is full retail (stops), one is corporate (stops), one is VLK (stops), and the troublesome PC is a Branded OEM (not bog-standard OEM) (will not stop).? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 If you disable DHT, it's disabled immediately. But with some firewalls/routers, the effects of it still last (for one reason or another). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkyMine Posted August 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2008 as a side note - i have disabled DHT on not a single one of the systems in my post above,yet only one system continues upload/download after i press the big red button - the Branded OEM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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