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lizlemon · Joined: 05 Jan 2010

I moved to Korea a week ago and for some reason when I download a torrent, it never starts actually downloading. Is this a Korea thing or could it have something to do with me living in a dorm?

Thanks for your help.

lizlemon · Joined: 05 Jan 2010

Also, my mp3 downloading tool doesnt seem to be able to connect either

freshking · Joined: 07 Dec 2006

It's probably your dorm. I know some other teachers who have the same problem in their on campus housing.

Ukon · Joined: 29 Jan 2008

your doing it wrong.

zstar5000 · Joined: 23 Feb 2009

jiberish · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler

My guess would be there is a firewall blocking the port.

air76 · Joined: 13 Nov 2007

daemyann · Joined: 09 Nov 2007

The weird S&M guy above is right.
This reads firewall.

There are many ways around it.
proxies, direct streaming, different host sites(mirrors), and different torrent programs are just some of them.

Another easy solution is to go to a cafe with free wi-fi and test it out.

zstar5000 · Joined: 23 Feb 2009

RyanInKorea · Joined: 17 Jan 2008

I was using utorrent for a while and it was working great. About a week or so ago an ISP person came to our house because the internet/tv was going off suddenly for a few minutes. It was around this time that I patch utorrent to 2.0.2, from 2.0.1. It stopped working and I am not sure if either or both of these events are resposible.

It simply doesn't start downloading anymore. All the arrows are red and there is not activity. Not sure what's up.

Ryan

kiwigirl :O) · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Bundang

I find eztv to be so much faster ^^
its awesome

if utorrent doesnt work try vuze

waynehead · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Location: Jongno

There are a few torrent websites that block utorrent for some reason, just fyi. I had trouble with that and switched over to vuze/azeurus and it worked.

diver · Joined: 16 Jun 2003

denverdeath · Joined: 21 May 2005 Location: Boo-sahn

georgeperec · Joined: 04 Aug 2009

i'm pretty sure it's a router issue. happens in dorms.
follow the link and see if the port you're using is open or not.
http://www.utorrent.com/testport?port=your port here
if it's blocked, ask around and use a port that's open.

plus, enable protocol encryption (preference - bittorrent - protocol encryption). isps in korea seem to have blocked bittorrent packets, this doesn't mean you won't be able to dl/up, but slower. encryption solves the problem.