Azureus Problems
 

Ok, having problems with Azureus - would appreciate some thoughts.

azureus is running ok, and I have a few torrents in it that I know have seeds available. I have a green light for NAT status, telling me that I've not firewalled it. All the torrents though have red lights, no connected peers/seeds, and no download activity.

I've ensured that the correct port is forwarded (both UDP and TCP) through my router to the static IP of the laptop. I've ensured that I have rules in place in iptables that allow incoming and outgoing connections on that port. I've made sure I have nothing else running that might be blocking the ports.

I've tried encrypted and unencrypted connections. I've tried a number of different torrents, from different sites, on different trackers.

All other traffic is normal and unaffected.

Any thoughts?

Re: Azureus Problems
 

Which version of Azureus, some trackers don't like the current new fangled one and expect you to use the older 2.5.0.4 ? Presumably too they are legit torrents you should have access to, not from a private site?

Re: Azureus Problems
 

no one wants the torrent right now?

ik

Re: Azureus Problems
 

What port?

Re: Azureus Problems
 

>some thoughts<

I`d drop azureus and try a different torrent app.

Even with a 10+ Mb connection i`d still see slowdowns elsewhere with browsing etc no matter how well configured i had the frog,the fact that it uses java dont help matters much.
I`m assuming your using Ubuntu so i`d really recommend trying ktorrent or deluge.:)

I used azureus myself for quite some time till i tried ktorrent and it does a much better job all round i`ve found(as have many others)....better speeds,less resources and no slowdowns if i`m browsing the web at the same time(which is rare anyway)

Azureus is good if you like bloatware:)

EDIT:Ktorrent = Kde not being a problem in a gnome environment of course

Re: Azureus Problems
 

If Azureus says you're connectable (ie, a green "OK" light on the NAT) I'd say it's those who you are trying to connect to, that have the connection problem :/

..or your torrents are timing out because, either the tracker is down, or it's a private tracker and you need to be a member to download