Unable to download any torrent file

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Unable to download any torrent file

I have Mac OS X 10.6.7, I've tried to use Transmission and uTorrent, the ports on the router are correctly forwarded (on Windows 7 everything is working fine) but I'm unable to download torrent files on any client! On uTorrent (last version) I have "connection status unavailable" and on Transmission (last version too) I have no seeds and no peers and the download is freezing to 0%. Also I've tried Vuze and xTorrent with the same results. System firewall is no activated....
Anyone who can help me?

Mac Mini, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Apr 14, 2011 3:05 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 24, 2017 12:06 PM in response to Lucio Voreno

Did you resolve the issue? if yes, how?

I am facing the same issue.. I am also using a proxy but it's not helping.

I have uTorrent installed and torrent file downloaded.. but then nothing happens. Download remains at 0%.

Help..

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Answer 2

Apr 14, 2011 3:13 AM in response to Lucio Voreno

Any chance your isp is blocking torrents?

Message was edited by: DaddyPaycheck

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Lucio Voreno Author

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Apr 14, 2011 3:22 AM in response to DaddyPaycheck

No because if I connect my laptop to the same network and with the same config, P2P (uTorrent) works very fine...
I thing the issue depends on Mac OS X... maybe an hidden setting that I haven't noticed because I'm a Mac new user...

Message was edited by: Lucio Voreno

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Don Ju4n

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Apr 14, 2011 5:37 AM in response to Lucio Voreno

Not really. Try using firefox or downloading and installing uTorrent. ONCE uTorrent is installed go to any torrent download website and click on "download this torrent". It will download a .torrent file which will open on your torrent client. if youre having no luck move the torrent file to your desktop. Then option-click it and click "get info" and under "Open with" find ur torrent client on the dropdown menu. This will start downloading the file on uTorrent. PM me if you need any more help actually.

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Lucio Voreno Author

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Apr 14, 2011 6:20 AM in response to Don Ju4n

Maybe you misunderstood my issue... I actually can download the .torrent file but when I open it inside a torrent client I have no seeds and no peers... just like the ports are not forwarded correctly... even if they are opened and forwarded in the right way...

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Lucio Voreno Author

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Apr 14, 2011 7:02 AM in response to Lucio Voreno

It was the Zywall 5 that dropped the wrong packets...

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Mar 22, 2012 12:43 AM in response to Lucio Voreno

I'm also having the same problem. Can't able to download files from torrent. It showing as "Error: Permission" in torrent client.

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petermac87

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Mar 22, 2012 2:11 AM in response to muralikrishna540

muralikrishna540 wrote:

I'm also having the same problem. Can't able to download files from torrent. It showing as "Error: Permission" in torrent client.

For legal torrent downloading between friends, what site are you using? Many torrent sites are being closed down and some limited in content and trying to change coding, etc. So it would be interesting to know the sites.

Your chance of downloading and installing Trojans and Malware are extremely high, and I would have thought there were much safer ways than torrents to get data to another person.

Good Luck

Pete

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Eric Root

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Jun 24, 2017 1:38 PM in response to Chandan810

Why you shouldn’t download from a Torrent site

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