"Connection timed out"

[BoyR]

Good day,

 

I noticed a couple of posts handling the topic: "connection timed out". 

 

Since those topics covered different kinds of situations which I didn't seem to relate to, I made a new topic and I was hoping for an answer. I will provide all the information I guess is useful and more information can be requested to help deal with the problem.

 

My problem is as follow:

 

• DHT not working (same as most situations)
• Trackers are all showing: connection timed out

There is one but, one tracker does not. It's a http:// tracker instead of an udp:// tracker. This is the only download that currently works. Some udp trackers, often used, like publichd, are even showing: no such host is known.

 

This caused the problem: searching for peers at all but one torrent.

 

I only have downloads in my list that are released by well-known and respected RGs, never having any problems with them. They even host their own tracker. Not once have I had a problem, but after the update of 3.4.2 I do seem to get this problem.

 

Now, I tried to downgrade utorrent, but this didn't help, so I need a solution that doesn't involve updates.

 

Additional information:

 

Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Running Malwarebytes and Security Essentials but eventually dropping guard on utorrent, so utorrent has a free go (I only download what I know will not be tempered with)

Running uTorrent 2.2.1 and 3.4.2 (Latest)

 

Settings:

 

• Port forwarded: UPnP, NAT-PMP enabled
• Enabled DHT
• Enabled Local Peer (working)
• Enabled uTP (working)
• Enabled UDP support
• Enabled Peer Exchange (working)
• Protocol Encryption Enabled (was disabled but changing to enabled didn't do anything)
• No additional changes to settings

More required information can be gathered.

 

Boy

[BoyR]

Solutions I do not have for those that encounter this problem. I solved it by completely removing utorrent, redownloading everything in the list and removing essentials. Don't know what did the trick but something did