Sorin Srbu wrote: > Thanks for the info. Checked the tracker in my torrent-client, and it's the > same as yours. Seems I have a possible firewall-issue on my hands here. > OTOH, it's weird, as the one torrent works fine. Strange... > > Anyway, I've contacted the university-wide helpdesk for a possible solution. > Torrent clients perform best if they can use a port which is reachable from outside. it can be any port whatsoever, as the port your client is using is announced via the trackers. some torrent clients seem to require a different port for each torrent, while others can handle multiple torrents concurrently with a single port. my favorite client is the MS Windows only uTorrent, 2nd favorite is the portable java based Azureus.