having trouble uploading private tracker

[Luckyiam]

ive searched and searched and cant seem to figure this out

Im trying to use utorrent to send a friend a large file via a private tracker

I made the torrent correct and am getting a green up arrow but when my friend opens the torrent file it never connects to my pc

my private torrents seemed to work fine about a month ago..but now they stopped working and i cant upload anything through private trackers. My IP and port number are correct and i have it announced. I have no firewall or router up so that isnt the problem. Im using 1.8.5

also my public downloading and uploading work fine

any ideas?

[moogly]

Use a public tracker with private flag checked instead of using a private one. Then send the .torrent to your trusted friends (by email e.g.) and seed. That's all.

List of public trackers to use: http://www.trackon.org/

[Luckyiam]

thats solves the problem yes but im still interested in why the embedded tracker isnt working

especially when it used to work fine

[Switeck]

Is the torrent listing the tracker as a LAN ip?

[Luckyiam]

i dont see anything unusual about the torrent but where do i go to check that

also in the log file it says "tracker reports an invalid external ip"

im on a static ip and ive checked, double checked and triple checked to see if both my ip, the torrents tracker and utorrents hostname ip reporting to embedded tracker are all the same which they are

i cant think of a single thing wrong

[Switeck]

Check the Tracker tab/window for the tracker status.

If the torrent's using a LAN ip or has garbage there, of course it won't work!

[Luckyiam]

no its not on a lan ip and there is no "garbage"

ip and ports are correct

[Switeck]

Then it may be your router or software firewall blocking outside access to your local tracker.