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Torrents not working in Leopard

thenetstud

thenetstud

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Oct 15, 2007
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Saskatoon, SK
I am having issues using torrent applications in Leopard. I use a MacBook connected wirelessly to my Airport Extreme Base Station.

Prior to purchasing this computer I used Windows Vista on a PC with utorrent, never had any issues always had good speeds when I should.

Just got the MacBook with Leopard. I have tried three torrent programs, BitRocket, Transmission and Azureus. I have enabled port forwarding on the base station and in each client.

I have had the most luck with Transmission, I will be able to download sometimes but my speeds with fluctuate from top speed to 0kb/s within a minute and this happens during the entire download process.

BitRocket and Azureus won't even start downloading at all for me.

Last night I installed Windows Vista using BootCamp and put utorrent on as well. Started a download and I had no problems just like when I was using my old PC.

Any ideas of what I could be doing wrong?
 
Maybe Apple is trying to prevent its customers from using torrents? lol jk

Seriously though, I can't help you. I rarely, if ever, use torrents. :/
 
I had the same issues with azerus and bits on wheels. Currenly Transmission works fine - will have to wait for updates on the other clients.
 
Have you forwarded the necessary ports? (Don't get mad at me for asking this question, just need to confirm)
 
The latest Tomato Torrent version is Leopard compatible. You'll be able to download it from VersionTracker etc.
 
azureus has been working fine for me for some reason.

Is it telling you you are firewalled or is it all NAT OK?
 
I am having the same problem here!!! i was using Tomato, with no problems at all. Everytime I tried to open a torrent it would not start...I have upgraded Tomato and even tried Transmission but to no avail.

it almost as if I am blocked from opening torrents?!
 
You may be behind a router that blocks P2P behaviour. They are quite common in places with shared Internet connections.
 
i have downloaded from piratebay but also tried from different sites and still no joy!
 
sarbob said:
i have downloaded from piratebay but also tried from different sites and still no joy!
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I just know that the piratebay tracker is kaput so unless the torrent creator uses different trackers then you will have problems downloading at a decent speed for the piratebay.
 
sarbob said:
Sorry for my ignorance here but how do i check if i am behind a P2P?!
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You're likely behind a "firewall" of sorts that's blocking your access to P2P networks. P2P means "Person [to] Person", and is used when talking about programs such as Limewire, and of course torrents.

Check with your ISP to see if they're limiting P2P action. I know, for instance, that my ISP cuts my upload speed down to a matter of single-digit kb/s, even though my download speed is up in the 3mb/s range.
 
have exactly the same problem here.. i always have to go back my windows desktop if i want to download something via torrent.. :( would be great if some one provides an answer to this..

all torrent client on a mac seems to fluctuate download speed very frequently.. :(
 
I use Transmission and downloads are at 100% all the time.

Open Transmission and go to Preferences/Network tab and see if the light is green (port open).
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In case it's not, try changing (ie. 51410) and use Airport utility. Go to Advanced/ Port Mapping. The IP might be different; Just change both numbers (51413 to 51413):
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