ul Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Why does µTorrent not display ports for some incoming connections?The FAQ says, "A blank port in the Ports column means incoming but peers with a non-empty port can also be incoming, the only reliable way to tell is with the I flag."netstat -an | grep [his ip] shows the port, so I'm having trouble figuring out why µTorrent won't ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreadWingKnight Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Inbound connection.You haven't gotten information from them, DHT, the tracker, or other peers about the port they're listening on (which is what number is shown in the port column) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 The only port you're seeing is the outgoing port they used to connect to you, not their listening port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ul Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Thanks Firon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firon Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Just to clarify, I meant the port you saw in netstat was their outgoing port.When you see the port in µTorrent's port column, that's their listening port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ul Posted February 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Makes sense. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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