Torrents stuck on 'Connecting to Peers'. Have tried multiple torrents (that have lots of seeders), multiple torrent programs, turned off my firewall and disabled all virus security. (self.torrents) submitted 4 years ago * by iNoScopedRFK.
So, just like the title says, my torrents are stuck on 'Connecting to Peers 0.0%'. I've been downloading torrents for years now without a problem and then this just started randomly happening a week or two ago. I didn't change anything, didn't install any new security programs...it just happened.
After it happened, I disabled my firewall and any virus/adaware/malware security. Still nothing. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling uTorrent (the program I've been using for years). No dice. I tried qBittorrent, still didn't work. I've used mutliple different torrents (many with 1000+ seeders). Enabled and disabled DHT. Still stuck at 'Connecting to Peers'.
I really don't know what to do at this point. I've tried to look around and it seems like this has happened to multiple people but nobody seems to have a solution. I'm hoping this sub might have these elusive answers.
Utorrent Not Connecting To Peers
Some additional information, I have the most recent version of uTorrent. I do not use a VPN unforunately (I realize now I probably should have) but do use PeerBlock. Since I didn't use a VPN, do you think my ISP might have blocked me? Is there a way to tell?
One last thing, this may be totally unrelated but...I also haven't been able to play Borderlands 2 online. I tried playing with a friend the other day and even though I had a strong internet connection, I could not join his game and he couldn't join mine. Not sure if this is related to my torrent problem at all but thought I would mention it. I have not had any problems with any other games.
Can anyone help me!?
I often observe the same behavior: On a specific torrent, at this moment, qBitTorrent reports 0(2) seeds and 1(2) peers. That one peer it's connecting to is obviously downloading the file at this very time at a slow rate from one or both of those seeders qBitTorrent can't connect to, and every two minutes or so he completes a piece of the file, and I then get that piece it from him at a fast download rate. Then it completed, and the datarate drops to zero until that peer completes the next piece and passes it on to me. So I'm downloading the file using that peer as a repeater station or middleman...
I have been watching this many times, on differnet torrents, and my computer with qBitTorrent just absolutely cannot connect to many seeds and peers that are obviously online and delivering data to others.
Cannot Download Torrent Connecting To Peers To Follow
I haven't tried other clients, so I can't say whether the problem is related to qBitTorrent or to my connection. But Seeker2's comment suggests it's somehow related to qBitTorrent.
Torrents Wont Connect To Peers
The version I'm using is 3.3.16.