Why does seeding torrents not download

Here is the quote from that forum that fixed my problem if you dont want to go to that forum and read. Existing user? Start new topic. Recommended Posts. N2Numbers Posted January 14, Posted January 14, I'm sending a screen shot of what I see in my BitTorrent availability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Harold Feit Posted January 14, The point of firewalls is to prevent unauthorized connections from entering your network and thus keeping all kinds of bots and malware out of your systems.

If you have a specific reason for downloading something through BitTorrent, you can ask your network administrator to whitelist your torrent client for some time.

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Most torrent clients today have a download limit option that could be enabled by default. Increasing this limit might help with the torrent not downloading files properly. If so, it could have something to do with torrent connection issues. In general, your torrent speed is affected the most by the number of peers who are seeding the torrent file to you. Normally, when you find a torrent file online, it will tell you how many people are seeding it at the moment.

If you see that the number is considerably lower during the download, you can try to pause and start the download, or even delete your current torrent file and try to do the whole process again from the torrent website. In some cases, the problem could be with the torrent client itself.

So try to download the same file with another client. Folx is a powerful download manager and torrent client in one. Pretty much everything is set to original settings simply because I can't seem to wrap my head around it all.

There may be throttling intentional or just plain old resource limits done anywhere between you and him. Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Posted January 27, Meanwhile, for other torrents, other downloads are happening just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options AnnSnark Posted January 30, Posted January 30, Posted January 31, Thanks, I'm familiar with the typologies.

TVJunky Posted February 20, Posted February 20, Good question, Cyberoid. I've been wondering the same thing. Posted November 9, I've just registered to this forum resulting from finding this as a result of a google search. My comment doesn't provide an answer, only deepens the question.

To wit: Why do I see reports of seeders, yet have an availability of less than 1. Thank you!