IIS Websites and Browsing Stop When qBittorrent is Running on Windows Server 2019
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:51 am
I'm experiencing a curious issue on my Windows Server 2019 with IIS and qBittorrent. I have two websites hosted on IIS and use qBittorrent to share files. Everything works perfectly until I start torrenting. As soon as qBittorrent begins downloading, any attempt to browse the internet using any web browser on the server fails. However, other internet-dependent applications like Anydesk and RDP remain unaffected, and the torrent client itself continues downloading without issue.
Here's what I've observed and investigated:
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.