ajh188 Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hi Everyone,I'm new here... Just signed up today. :-) I have a quesion about tracker errors...I have forwarded some ports using the following settings:55600 to 55615TCP mode (not UDP)entered my ipaddress (192.168.1.2)Next, in utorrent, I set "Current Port" to 55605, checked that the port is forwarded properly, and it is.My problem is that when I try to download a torrent, my status icon is always a red downward pointing arrow. I have never been able to download a torrent with this router. According to the utorrent FAQ, this means "the torrent is downloading, but there is a tracker error".I'm not sure exactly what a tracker is, or how it works. Could anyone please offer some advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Check the tracker tab with the offending torrent highlighted for the tracker status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh188 Posted December 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I'm seeing:DHT - "waiting for announce..."[LOCAL PEER DISCOVERY] - "working"[PEER EXCHANGE] - "working"...and then a whole bunch of random "http://blah blah" which are mainly "connection closed by peer" and a couple "offline (timed out)". They're all counting down to update, but once they update, nothing happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 What internet security software do you have installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh188 Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 None... I recently reinstalled Vista Ultimate, installed all the updates, installed Office 2003 with all the updates, Adobe Reader, and a few other minor apps. No internet security though.BTW, I was having the same problem with uTorrent before I reinstalled Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Why do you open a range of port in your router, just one is sufficient like 55605.Open it in TCP & UDP, and test again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh188 Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 OK... I tried what you said. I have only 1 port open (55605) and it is opened in both TCP & UDP. But, it still doesn't work..... Still getting the red status icon in uTorrent, and I'm seeing the same errors on the trackers tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 Did you set correctly your Windows FW ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh188 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I'm not sure exactly what the correct Windows firewall settings are. But, I checked in the firewall settings on the "Exceptions" tab and uTorrent (TCP-In) and uTorrent (UDP-In) are both checked.I also tried turning off the firewall, rebooted, but I'm still having the same uTorrent problem - red status icons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I think Windows FW had a 3rd exception about a specific port (6887 I think) for DHT/LPD etc.. (it's UDP).Do yo have it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtine_pena Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 uhmm, i encountered a problem bout the tracker error..when i add a torrent, the downloading icon becomes blue then eventually turns into red.what is the problem with that? pls help.. i just installed it today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moogly Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 @xtine_pena: dont hijack this thread, create yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajh188 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I appreciate all your help... This really is a stubborn problem, isn't it!?OK, so I looked in the windows firewall settings, but I didn't see DHT/LPD in the "Exceptions" tab, so I added a new exception on port # 6887. I am still seeing a red status icon. Nothing has changed.One more thing...I was looking through the uTorrent connection setup guide (http://www.utorrent.com/setup_guide.php) and it mentions that we should enable protocol encryption. I tried that, using both "Enabled" and "Forced", but still nothing!I am living in Japan and have recently switched ISPs. When I switched to the new ISP, I got a new router because it is a completely separate company. But, when I was with the last ISP, I was having no torrent download issues AT ALL - it was soooo fast. For some reason, I'm having all these issues with the new ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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