trying to host torrent

[daisyanne1380]

i followed a guide did the following

set bt.eneble_tracker = true

port used for incoming connections is 49708

i open this port on my router.I also made sure my windows firewall has exception for this port as well as for utorrent.

when i created my torrent for tracker i used : http://67.82.***.***:49708/announce

*** im onscuing my ip on this post but in the create torrent i used my ip.

I ticked :

Start seeding

private torrent.

I sent the torrent to 2 of my friend and both say that the tracker status = working but its not starting the download.

On my screen it says working for status. but it wont start for either of my 2 friends

thanks

[DreadWingKnight]

Private torrent is probably what caused your issue.

Because of where you are relative to the tracker, the uTorrent built-in tracker gives out the wrong IP address to your downloaders.

[daisyanne1380]

ok i dont get what you saying. from what i read it says if i want to host my own torrent i use my ip and port and select private torrent. And this si what i did...... how do i fix this

edit: i found another guide that said to use:

http://67.82.***.***:49708/announce

http://localhost:49708/announce

as trackers now it doesnt say downlaoding anymore and it says seeding. My friend says that now it says 1 seed but the downlaod doesnt start still :/

[DreadWingKnight]

What's going on is because you're running the tracker from behind the same router you're seeding from, the tracker is giving out an INTERNAL IP address that the others won't be able to connect to.

Don't private flag your torrents, and make sure everyone has DHT and Peer Exchange turned on. Things will work better.

[daisyanne1380]

lol wow thanks that worked..... not even sure why all the guide say to use it.....

thanks for the help

[DreadWingKnight]

Because the people who wrote the guides don't know about the problems that can come up because of router loopback messes.