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Hi, Just started using qBittorrent after uTorrent decided to install software on my machine that I didn't want. It looks great and it's downloading from tracker sites perfectly.

I am having trouble using the embedded tracker though. I have followed the guides and set up my router to port to my machine, I got a positive reply from the canyouseeme website.

I have created a torrent and announced it, sent the torrent to a friend by email but his client just says "connecting" and qBittorrent says that the torrent is either stalled or not working.

Please help.

Update: I changed my Outgoing Ports (Min) to 3000 and Outgoing Ports (Max) to 3000 and the tracker status is now working however my friend still cannot download.

When you created the torrent you set the tracker url as your IP address plus embedded tracker port? Not a local address but as example http://192.168.100.1:9000 (or embedded tracker port)

No the URL was - http://128.204.246.108:/9000/announce however I think I've found the problem. My external IP address keeps changing without me restarting my machine. I guess my ISP uses different servers at different times. Because of this using an embedded tracker will be impossible. Thanks very much for the reply though.

Sorry URL was - http://128.204.246.108:9000/announce

No fwd slash after the colon.

My external IP address keeps changing without me restarting my machine. I guess my ISP uses different servers at different times.

Then just register a noip.com domain. It's free and it comes with a utility program that automatically updates the IP on your domain. Then all you have to do is something like "mytracker.noip.com:9000/announce".

PS: Not sure if the "announce" should be part of the tracker string for qbittorrent.

Thought about doing that but I'm based in the middle east and it's not that easy unless you're a registered business.

Are sure that noip.com has such limitations? I don't think so.

Note: With noip.com you actually get a "subdomain" on their domain(noip.com and others). So you don't actually register a domain with a registrar authority. Services, such as noip.com are called DDNS and widely used by users you want to run a server on their homecomputers on their dynamic ip (a bt tracker is a form of server too).

OK will try it. I'm away for a few weeks on vacation now but I'll get back to you

That brings up another point, though I doubt is the problem you face... most ISP's for home internet or "non-business packages" technically don't allow you to run a server or website off your/their internet access point.

They likely would not block you from such a feature if not at first but most clauses I've seen in the technical details in user agreement have this.