uTorrent Help

[Ecco]

I am new to the world of torrents and have kicked of a download, but believe my setup is not optimal.

Hope you guys can help.

In uTorrent i have a little warning triangle on the status bar at the bottom, the message it shows is "No incoming connections. Unless the icon turns green it could indicate a problem with you network connection"

How do i resolve this?

PS my ISP is afrihost on the 384 uncapped

 

[Synaesthesia]

They want you to set up port-forwarding. You can't really, since you need a static IP for it. So just forget about it.

 

[Ecco]

Okay, so just leave it as it is? At the moment i am getting no data moving up or down, looks like my download is stuck. I thought it might be stuck because of that issue.

 

[Hemps]

Run a google search "speeding up utorrent" I shot from 36.7k to 41k

 

[Ecco]

Hmm, i fiddled with the Bandwidth and Queing settings. I had to basically set the maximum upload rate to 10, and the max connections to 9 each. My download is still stuck, nothing being downloaded nothing being uploaded.

 

[Gambit]

They want you to set up port-forwarding. You can't really, since you need a static IP for it. So just forget about it.

since when do you need a static ip to setup port forwarding?

If you enable upnp on your router then utorrent will try setup its own port forwarding automatically.

 

[ColinR]

They want you to set up port-forwarding. You can't really, since you need a static IP for it. So just forget about it.

Huh??? Login to your router, and set the rule.

 

[Ecco]

since when do you need a static ip to setup port forwarding?

If you enable upnp on your router then utorrent will try setup its own port forwarding automatically.

Okay will try this. This wont compromise my network or anything? Sorry i am a noob with this stuff.

 

[Nerfherder]

They want you to set up port-forwarding. You can't really, since you need a static IP for it. So just forget about it.

Rubbish.

How do you connect ? Through a router ? or does your PC dial up. You only need to set up port forwarding if you have a router.

 

[Gambit]

Okay will try this. This wont compromise my network or anything? Sorry i am a noob with this stuff.

It shouldn't. uPNP was designed for this kind of thing. You will find applications like skype will also work better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Plug_and_Play

 

[Park@82]

Maybe there is just no seeders for the torrent that you are currently trying to download.

 

[Ecco]

Maybe there is just no seeders for the torrent that you are currently trying to download.

Tried with just a random Mp3 and status on the website indicate 363 seeders, i still am able to pull nothing.

 

[Ecco]

since when do you need a static ip to setup port forwarding?

If you enable upnp on your router then utorrent will try setup its own port forwarding automatically.

Just checked, uPnP was always enabled on my router

 

[LazyLion]

the latest uTorrent client has been banned by a number of trackers. Use a different client.

 

[Ecco]

the latest uTorrent client has been banned by a number of trackers. Use a different client.

Any recommendations?

 

[LazyLion]

Ja, you can use the official BitTorrent client...

http://www.bittorrent.com/

 

[Monkey101]

Might be silly to ask but is your firewall on?

 

[Ecco]

Might be silly to ask but is your firewall on?

Dont have a firewall

 

[william riker]

the yellow triangle appears for me as well everytime i start a torrent but after a few mins its gone and the green one appears...
i dont do anything though...

maybe that wasn't so helpful..sorry

 

[Hectic]

I am new to the world of torrents and have kicked of a download, but believe my setup is not optimal.

Hope you guys can help.

In uTorrent i have a little warning triangle on the status bar at the bottom, the message it shows is "No incoming connections. Unless the icon turns green it could indicate a problem with you network connection"

How do i resolve this?

PS my ISP is afrihost on the 384 uncapped

Which router do you have? You can pm me and I will help you or click on my sig link. Someone will help you on that site..