torrent stuck.. why?
sobriquet
Hi.
Does anyone know what's up with this torrent?
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1866877/3062654/
It's been stuck at 3.1 % for days, despite an apparently reliable
seeder being present.
It's available on piratebay as well for those who can't access
demonoid:
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4833115/TTC_Video_Course_on_London
Greetings and thx in advance for any suggestions, Niek
Ato_Zee
On 15-Apr-2009, sobriquet <dohd...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's been stuck at 3.1 % for days, despite an apparently reliable
> seeder being present.
What flags does the seeder show?
Could be choked.
Being a seeder I presume it has 100% otherwise it wouldn't
be a seed?
What speed does the seed show?
And importantly are you port forwarding?
With the uTorrent client there is a test port forwarding button.
Is your ISP restricting/blocking P2P, seeing all P2P as
illegal activity?
sobriquet
> On 15-Apr-2009, sobriquet <dohduh...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > It's been stuck at 3.1 % for days, despite an apparently reliable
> > seeder being present.
>
> What flags does the seeder show?
> Could be choked.
> Being a seeder I presume it has 100% otherwise it wouldn't
> be a seed?
> What speed does the seed show?
> And importantly are you port forwarding?
I dunno what port forwarding is or whether I have it enabled (or where
to look up the mentioned properties of the seeder).
> With the uTorrent client there is a test port forwarding button.
> Is your ISP restricting/blocking P2P, seeing all P2P as
> illegal activity?
I don't seem to have issues downloading/uploading other things from/to
bittorrent, so probably not.
I use vuze, though I've tried utorrent as well in the past.
Hop-Frog
f58d82...@h28g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:
> I dunno what port forwarding is or whether I have it enabled (or where
> to look up the mentioned properties of the seeder).
See http://www.portforward.com/
In order to receive incoming connections (i.e., connections initiated by
computers other than your own), you must have the proper ports forwarded in
both your router and your software firewall.
For the various characteristics of the seeder, open the torrent details
page in Vuze (double-click it in "My Torrents"), then select the "Peers"
tab. The seed is the peer with 100% under the "%" column. Other column
headings are self explanatory, especially with the tooltips. Right-click
and choose "Column Setup" for more explanations.
--
I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester--and this is my last jest.
AMUN
"sobriquet" <dohd...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:540e2ba3-e929-4e10...@h28g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
One seeder isn't usually a good sign, even if it's a new torrent.
If others are working, it's not an issue at your end, so you just have to be
patient
You should leave your client going 24/7 as some seeders are only on at
specific times.
And you might simply miss them.
sobriquet
> sobriquet <dohduh...@yahoo.com> wrote in news:540e2ba3-e929-4e10-a06b-
> f58d82930...@h28g2000yqd.googlegroups.com:
>
> > I dunno what port forwarding is or whether I have it enabled (or where
> > to look up the mentioned properties of the seeder).
>
>
> In order to receive incoming connections (i.e., connections initiated by
> computers other than your own), you must have the proper ports forwarded in
> both your router and your software firewall.
Dunno.. I'm not behind a router and I use the windows firewall. When I
use vuze for the first time, the firewall comes up with a notification
about whether or not to block vuze and I ensure it accepts any
connections associated with vuze.
>
> For the various characteristics of the seeder, open the torrent details
> page in Vuze (double-click it in "My Torrents"), then select the "Peers"
> tab. The seed is the peer with 100% under the "%" column. Other column
> headings are self explanatory, especially with the tooltips. Right-click
> and choose "Column Setup" for more explanations.
I'm not connected to the seeder, so it's not in the peers tab.
But under the details tab, it's listed that there is a seeder in the
swarm.
It's gone from 3.1% to 3.4% completion so it appears there is some
progress, but it's extremely slow.
Hop-Frog
news:cd830549-45ae-4311...@q16g2000yqg.googlegroups.com:
> use vuze for the first time, the firewall comes up with a notification
> about whether or not to block vuze and I ensure it accepts any
> connections associated with vuze.
That's not enough. That grants Vuze outgoing access, but still blocks
incoming connections. Look at the bottom middle of the Vuze window--do you
see a green circle? If so, then the firewall is opened. If you see a
yellow circle, then incoming connections are probably still blocked.
Go here for instructions on how to open the proper ports in the WinXP
firewall (watch the linewrap!)
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/firewalling/Microsoft/WindowsXPF
irewallFirewall/AzureusIn.htm
sobriquet
> sobriquet <dohduh...@yahoo.com> wrote innews:cd830549-45ae-4311...@q16g2000yqg.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Dunno.. I'm not behind a router and I use the windows firewall. When I
> > use vuze for the first time, the firewall comes up with a notification
> > about whether or not to block vuze and I ensure it accepts any
> > connections associated with vuze.
>
> That's not enough. That grants Vuze outgoing access, but still blocks
> incoming connections. Look at the bottom middle of the Vuze window--do you
> see a green circle? If so, then the firewall is opened. If you see a
> yellow circle, then incoming connections are probably still blocked.
http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/vuze-ss.jpg
I don't know which circle you mean exactly, but that is a screenshot
showing what vuze looks like on my computer.
>
> Go here for instructions on how to open the proper ports in the WinXP
> firewall (watch the linewrap!)
>
> http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/firewalling/Microsoft/Wind...
Hop-Frog
news:bd1e1d82-549f-4405...@v19g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
>> blocks incoming connections. Look at the bottom middle of the Vuze
>> window--do
> you
>> see a green circle? If so, then the firewall is opened. If you see
> a
>> yellow circle, then incoming connections are probably still blocked.
>>
>
> http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/vuze-ss.jpg
>
> I don't know which circle you mean exactly, but that is a screenshot
> showing what vuze looks like on my computer.
That's the commercial Vuze GUI, whereas I use the classic GUI. The yellow
unhappy faces listed alongside the torrent names are the equivalent for
you. That they're yellow means that you can initiate connections to
others, but no one can initiate a connection to you. Your firewall blocks
those incoming connections. Following the instructions I linked to last
past will solve that problem.
sobriquet
> sobriquet <dohduh...@yahoo.com> wrote innews:cd830549-45ae-4311...@q16g2000yqg.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Dunno.. I'm not behind a router and I use the windows firewall. When I
> > use vuze for the first time, the firewall comes up with a notification
> > about whether or not to block vuze and I ensure it accepts any
> > connections associated with vuze.
>
> That's not enough. That grants Vuze outgoing access, but still blocks
> incoming connections. Look at the bottom middle of the Vuze window--do you
> see a green circle? If so, then the firewall is opened. If you see a
> yellow circle, then incoming connections are probably still blocked.
>
> Go here for instructions on how to open the proper ports in the WinXP
> firewall (watch the linewrap!)
>
> irewallFirewall/AzureusIn.htm
That page is a bit vague.. it asks me to enter a portnumber of 100000
in the firewall exception settings, which is impossible (portnumbers
are between 0 and 65535).
Do you think it's ok when I entered the exceptions in my windows vista
firewall like this?
http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/vuze-ss1.jpg
http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/vuze-ss2.jpg
Hop-Frog
news:67f1c1e1-58b9-4f47...@k38g2000yqh.googlegroups.com:
> firewall like this?
>
> http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/vuze-ss1.jpg
> http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/vuze-ss2.jpg
Yes, that's it. So long as the TCP & UDP port numbers match, everything's
fine. Those yellow lights should begin changing to green, and speeds will
go up, at least on most torrents.
Hop-Frog
"Hop-Frog" <Hop-...@asu.edu.spamfree> wrote in
news:Xns9BF08A0D22E...@216.151.153.61:
> Yes, that's it. So long as the TCP & UDP port numbers match,
> everything's fine.
By that, I mean the TCP port in Vuze matches the TCP port in the firewall,
and the UDP port in Vuze matches the UDP port in the firewall. The TCP and
UDP numbers do not have to be (but can be) the same as one another.
sobriquet
> Sorry, caught this just as I was hitting send:
>
>
> > Yes, that's it. So long as the TCP & UDP port numbers match,
> > everything's fine.
>
> By that, I mean the TCP port in Vuze matches the TCP port in the firewall,
> and the UDP port in Vuze matches the UDP port in the firewall. The TCP and
> UDP numbers do not have to be (but can be) the same as one another.
>
> --
> I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester--and this is my last jest.
Ok, thx for the tip. The icons remain yellow in the main vuze window,
but the second torrent does seem to progress faster now.
~misfit~
From the comments at Demonoid:
"Guys I've uploaded this video course over here:
http://www.demonoid.com/files/details/1887702/1873406/
You won't be able to jump from this torrent to mine as it's a different rip,
but you are guaranteed a fast and reliable seed."
HTH,
--
Shaun.
"Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and
he`ll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett, Jingo.
sobriquet
Yeah thanks.. I noticed that version as well and got it a few days
ago.
The piratebay seems to be experiencing some problems lately.. I can't
upload any torrents anymore because the captcha server is down (it's
used to display the verification images to block automated requests).
