RE: [SLUG] Torrent Question

From: Jonathon Conte (thesicktwist@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Nov 26 2006 - 19:28:30 EST


>From: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: [SLUG] Torrent Question
>Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 19:04:51 -0500
>
>
>I've never used bittorrent before, but I installed bittorrent-gui
>(running Debian *nst*ble). Went to a torrent site to download something.
>Firefox figured out to pass it off to btdownloadgui to handle. That
>program asked me where I wanted the download file to go, and then
>proceeded to attempt to download it (I assume). Then it stopped with
>this error:
>
>rejected by tracker- Torrent unauthorized
>
>What does this mean? Again, I know next to nothing about bittorrent. Do
>I need an account with a bittorrent server or something?
>
>Paul
>
>--
>Paul M. Foster

No, you don't need an account or anything. It sounds like there is a problem
with the tracker or the program that you're using. Easiest way to test this
is to try to download another torrent. You can find many here:
http://btjunkie.org/

Although this is probably not related to the error you are receiving, be
sure that your firewall (if you have one) is not blocking the ports that
your BitTorrent client is trying to use. Typically the port range is
6881-6999 for BitTorrent but the client may allow you to use a different
range.

Jonathon

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