Peer Ban list - what peer ban list?

[teb]

Hi.

I've got a problem with a download which is being messed up, probably deliberately. I'd like to ban the fvking IP, but even though I've created ipfilter.dat in %appdata%\uTorrent and added the IP address to it, as well as clicking "Reload IP Filter" in the context menu, I'm not getting any bans showing up in the log.

I'm using uTorrent 6.4 and Vista Ultimate.

Any ideas?

Cheers.

Ps. Since I can't finish downloading the torrent, it keeps uploading, even though it has now uploaded *way* more than I've downloaded. I've throttled the fvker down to 1kb/s, but how do I stop it from uploading at all?

:>(

[Switeck]

If you don't see:

[Date, Time] Loaded ipfilter.dat (# entries)

...in uTorrent's Logger window/tab, your IPFILTER.DAT is either not being found or is misinterpreted as not containing any bad ips/ip ranges.

[teb]

Hi Switeck.

You are right, I don't see that information. I created the %appdata%\uTorrent folder and ipfilter.dat file myself. Perhaps I didn't do it right.

In my ipfilter.dat, I've just got a list of IP addresses:

99.163.101.23

217.165.240.91

41.178.118.245

122.162.228.93

217.165.240.91

41.130.81.54

41.178.118.245

196.205.116.62

41.130.81.54

I stripped off the port numbers. I wonder if this right? Also, when creating ipfilter.dat, I made sure to save the file as unicode.

Thanks.

[moogly]

If you installed µT on your computer, you don't need to create the folder %appdata%\utorrent, it is already created (during the install).

Are you using µT as standalone?

[teb]

Hi Moogly.

Yes, I am using uTorrent as a standalone.

It's uTorrent 6.4 (build 18095).

The uTorrent folder was NOT created - can't tell you why.

Thanks.

[schnurlos]

By default the (correct) %appdata% is a hidden system folder.

To see it, just do this:

In windows, Start - Run and enter %appdata%\utorrent there

(EDIT: or %appdata%\bittorrent if you run that ...)

[DreadWingKnight]

It's uTorrent 6.4 (build 18095).

You mean BitTorrent 6.4

Which means %appdata%\bittorrent

[teb]

@schnurlos & dreadwingknight:

You guys are soooo right! Thanks for that.

True enough, it's BitTorrent, not uTorrent.

I've corrected that now, and I'm getting a log entry saying, [2010-07-24 20:53:29] Loaded ipfilter.dat (0 entries).

Trouble is, there's all them entries in there. Why isn't the BitTorrent picking that up?

Cheers.

[DreadWingKnight]

You sure it's a .dat and not a .dat.txt?

[teb]

Hi DWKnight.

Yep, absolutely.

Saved it as unicode with a .dat extension. Even the OS thinks it's a DAT (Type column of Windows Explorer).

Any chance someone could shoot me a sample ipfilter.dat file? Just a view of the first three lines would be great.

Cheers.

[moogly]

XXX

XXX - YYY

XXX - YYY , NAME

work.

[teb]

Hi Moogly.

Thanks.

********************************************

For those who may follow in my footsteps:

****

the ipfilter.dat file has to be ANSI, at least in Vista.

****

Okay, thanks everyone.

Cheers.