daar01 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 HiI'm using the latest utorrent client (1.8).When I click on a torrent I'm downloading and take the option to "reset bans" I see the following in the log:[2008-08-19 11:10:45] Unbanned 192.xxx.xx.xxx:26769The 26769 is obviously the port number on which utorrent listens, and the prefix is the internal ip address of the pc on which utorrent is running.Can anyone explain what is going on - why is utorrent banning the pc it's running on?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Because you aren't supposed to even try to connect to yourself.The simplest way to manage that is to ban your own IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daar01 Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Thanks for the fast response.But why is utorrent doing this? Is it a bug I should report? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultima Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 No, it's not a bug. DWK already explained: there is no reason to connect to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daar01 Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 HiI'm sorry if I'm being slow but if there is no reason to connect to yourselfthen why is utorrent trying to do this? I'm not doing it - utorrent is ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Because of DHT, Peer Exchange and trackers that aren't configured to prevent you from getting your own connection information.uTorrent bans itself before it even makes the connection attempts.THIS IS NOT A BUG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daar01 Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 OK, thanks for the explanation.THIS IS NOT A BUGNo need to shout, I get the message :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyh42 Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 THIS IS NOT A BUGIf this is not a bug then how come the download speeds drop until the ban is reset?This is a topic that has come up quite a few times within this forum yet nobody has ever answered the question properly!I have only noticed this problem with version 1.8.1 and as already stated, my download speed drops to almost nothing until I reset the ban. When I reset the ban the speed increases to normal for a couple of minutes before my own IP is banned again and the speed drops again.There are a lot of people giving some very cryptic answers to this problem (and it is a problem for a lot of people) yet nobody seems able to give a clear answer how to prevent this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Did you try to disable DHT, PEX and LPD ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyh42 Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes, makes no difference whatsoever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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