Author Topic: DHT not allowed?  (Read 2715 times)

Offline ParadoxBomb

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DHT not allowed?
« on: June 23, 2010, 03:41:52 PM »
Okay, so I'm new to both BakaBT and torrenting in general, so this might just be a dumb mistake on my part.

I've downloaded two different animes (Eiken and Midori Days, to be precise), but I can't seem to seed them. When I look at the different tabs in the uTorrent window, under "Trackers" it says that [DHT], [Local Peer Disocvery], and [Peer Exachange] are all "not allowed," and the bottom one (that says http://tracker.bakabt.com:long number sequence/announce.php) says "working," but nothing's happening. What can I do, if anything?

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention, if it helps, that I'm using uTorrent version 2.0.2
« Last Edit: June 23, 2010, 03:44:55 PM by ParadoxBomb »

Offline blubart

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Re: DHT not allowed?
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2010, 03:47:57 PM »
torrents require leecher to upload to - otherwise no data will be transferred.
dht, peer discovery and peer exchange are disabled intentional, otherwise ratio tracking would be impossible.

Offline ParadoxBomb

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Re: DHT not allowed?
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2010, 03:58:29 PM »
Uh... what? I'm sorry, but that didn't make any sense to me.
What am I supposed to do?

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Re: DHT not allowed?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2010, 04:11:08 PM »
Okay, so I'm new to both BakaBT and torrenting in general, so this might just be a dumb mistake on my part.

I've downloaded two different animes (Eiken and Midori Days, to be precise), but I can't seem to seed them. When I look at the different tabs in the uTorrent window, under "Trackers" it says that [DHT], [Local Peer Disocvery], and [Peer Exachange] are all "not allowed," and the bottom one (that says http://tracker.bakabt.com:long number sequence/announce.php) says "working," but nothing's happening. What can I do, if anything?

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention, if it helps, that I'm using uTorrent version 2.0.2

There probably isn't anyone that is wanting to download it yet. It happens. Just leave the torrent seeding and someone will grab it and start downloading.
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Offline blubart

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Re: DHT not allowed?
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2010, 04:18:29 PM »
Uh... what? I'm sorry, but that didn't make any sense to me.
What am I supposed to do?
for you to upload data, there needs to be someone else that wants to download that data from you. if that someone it not there you can offer (set up to seed in your torrent client) that data as long as you want without actually transferring any data. there is nothing you can possibly do about that fact.
so you options are either to wait for someone to become interested in the torrents you are currently seeding or download some other torrents that have more people interested in it.

Offline KyraMaverick

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Re: DHT not allowed?
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2010, 05:10:16 PM »
19 people are seeding Midori Days, but there aren't any people downloading it right now, so no data is moving.
25 people are seeding Eiken Eikenbu, but only 1 person is downloading it. That person is likely taking data from all 25 of the seeders, so really you're only sharing a small portion. 
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Offline ParadoxBomb

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Re: DHT not allowed?
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2010, 05:18:30 PM »
Ah. Now I understand. Thanks.

Offline Freedom Kira

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Re: DHT not allowed?
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2010, 09:05:16 PM »
DHT and Peer Discovery are supposed to be disabled. Don't worry about it. It's better if they're enabled for public trackers though because it helps you connect to people when the tracker is unavailable, but that works against you for BakaBT torrents because your stats don't get updated when DHT is active.

http://tracker.bakabt.com:long number sequence/announce.php

Good, make sure you never post that long number sequence, as people can start using your account to download.