Trouble creating and seeding my own torrent (for small scale use)

[POckelford]

Hi; I'm trying to send my friends a 500mb folder of photos, and I thought I'd try something cooler than Megaupload. I read up on using using utorrent to create a torrent/tracker that allows my friends to connect directly to my PC and upload the seeding file from me.

Running Vista 32bit, uTorrent 2.0.4, Belkin F5D8631-4, wired connection (my PC = 192.168.2.52 - external IP = 94.192.19.240)

I have enabled the tracker option in utorrent and restarted the program: Exhibit A http://imgur.com/GI3ju.png

I have forwarded the port (55555, as I set in uTorrent preferences) on the router: Exhibit B http://imgur.com/nEoBg.png

I have tested the connection using uTorrent: Exhibit C http://imgur.com/RJAan.png

I have tested the connection using PFPortChecker: Exhibit D.1 (TCP) http://imgur.com/5tIkL.png, Exhibit D.2 (UDP) http://imgur.com/jRmZE.png

I created the torrent/tracker in uTorrent specifying the folder and constructing the tracker properly: Exhibit E http://imgur.com/PGEEd.png

I start seeding the torrent and check the tracker to find 'No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.', and my friends get the same message: Ironically, Exhibit F http://imgur.com/R6nSP.png

I have even gone so far as placing my IP in the router's DMZ and disabling Windows Firewall, and I get the same exact results.

Here is a test torrent I've made, should you care to try connecting: REDACTED

When I download public files using public trackers I always see relatively healthy upload activity. I am able to seed files I download with public trackers without any problem.

Any and all help is most welcome.

Thanks!

EDIT: PC is currently OFFLINE

[moogly]

Just use a list of public tracker like

http://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80/announce

http://tracker.publicbt.com:80/announce

http://torrent-download.to:5869/announce

in your torrent.

Be sure you add the private flag to the .torrent, then send the .torrent to your friends (email, MSN etc).

[POckelford]

Thank you for this; I've added these to the .torrent and the openbittorrent is the only one that shows up - but at least it says it's working! I still don't understand why the embedded uTorrent tracker causes the refused connection.

Thanks for your help, I'll use openbittorrent for now.

Update: I created a new torrent with these public trackers and sent it to my sister (same LAN), she appears as a peer on my screen, and the tracker says it's working and I show as a seed on her screen, but no transfer takes place. Is this because we're on the same LAN? Does this only work with local peers enabled?

[moogly]

Can you try with the same torrent, but with the private flag disabled (so LPD will be enabled).

[POckelford]

Yes, this worked for the transfer on the same LAN, thanks. I've found that if I add the tracker 'http://localhost:55555/announce' I get shown that that tracker is working. But I haven't verified if it works externally yet.

[moogly]

Anyway even if LPD is disabled, you should be able to seed, because the client of your sister scrapes the tracker to request a peer list (your IP:port in your case).