Here's what I've observed and investigated:
- Port conflict: I checked if qBittorrent is using port 80 (used by HTTP), but it's not.
- Website accessibility: Interestingly, when torrenting, my IIS websites become inaccessible from other devices over the internet. However, I can still access them directly through the http://localhost on the server itself.
- Remote Port 80 Check: I've also attempted to remotely check port 80 using https://portchecker.co/ while the issue is occurring, and it indicates that port 80 is closed on the server. This further supports the notion of a conflict or disruption affecting IIS's ability to serve web traffic.