Paft Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 From time to time when I run Utorrent all my torrents will appear dead. (0) seeds (0) Peers.I have to delete settings.dat (and old I think) to fix the issue.Windows XP ProUtorrent 1.8.2 (build: 15285) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 ... Deleting settings doesn't sound like a "fix" unless you keep messing with Advanced settings. Have you setup uT for your connection (start with the Speed Guide in uT Ctrl-G)? What kind of connection, ISP, router ? http://utorrent.com/documentation/ the setup guide there is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paft Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Um, yes, I set my settings then leave it at that.Occasionally all torrents will appear completely dead. I deleted settings.dat, then select upload speed (through the very basic connection wizard) and wolla! the torrents are active again. Until next time it occurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 What internet security software do you have installed?Who is your internet provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paft Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Windows Firewall.ISP isn't relevant is it. :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Actually, it is because a lot of ISPs have taken to actively interfering with torrent traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 I'd recommend http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=34259 setup for your upload speed, not necessarily the speedtest value you get. Yes, searching for your ISP on here may shed light on the problem, or start testing http://slackware.com/torrents during different times of day to compare connectivity. An initial burst of connections followed by nothing is exactly what DWK is describing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paft Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Thanks, I know what I am doing btw. I just don't understand why this happens. Completely dead torrents; a simple delete and It's "sorted".ISP: Tiscali UK.I'll see if I can look into this problem later then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Tiscali doesn't like torrenting. Add that to oversubscription and they really try hard to keep you from doing anything but browse webpages. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paft Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 I know. I have been lucky it seems. Been with the since '05 (my how time flies) only with them because they are cheap. But they have been satisfactory for the price really overall. There was a point for several months a couple of years ago where p2p was blocked to hell. But again, has been satisfactory for me at least, all this time since that point.I download at least just under 2gb a week. I can barely remember the last time I had issues. Speeds are satisfactory for my line, well download anyway. Upload is poor.Funny you should mention that, because when this problem arose I immediately though "oh bugger tiscali has blocked p2p." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelisheaven Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Wow, yeah sounds like you've been lucky. I'd just start asking around then, seeing whether other people in your area have seen a similar problems. You could always start toying with 1.8.3 / 1.9 and UDP-based UTP... though it may reach higher speeds it's less reliable atm. Are you running forced encryption with dis-allow legacy connections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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