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Thread ID: 108981	2010-04-19 07:16:00	Problems with uTorrent and DHT - taking forever to do anything	Agent_24 (57)	PC World Chat

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878022	2010-04-19 07:16:00	Just trying to run a torrent, using only DHT but it's taking forever.. stuck at "Waiting to log in" for ages, then ages later, I have 2 nodes but no seeds\peers. If I add a tracker, then DHT starts working straight away, but I have not had to do this before. What's going on?	Agent_24 (57)
878023	2010-04-19 21:17:00	By my understanding of it, the Distributed Hash Table (DHT) is a list of peers/seeders IP addresses which are held (and shared) by each peer. Problem is, if you don't have a tracker to advise you where to find peers, then you're not going to find those first few peers to start the whole process off. (it's a bit like going into your web browser and not having an address to enter... you'll sit there and nothing will happen) Once you've used the tracker for a bit and contacted a few peers (who must also be using DHT), then you've got a good chance of being able to disable the tracker and continue soley with DHT for your remainder of the torrent. Trying to go tracker-free may not be an advantage regarding 'privacy', as DHT involves others collecting and sharing your IP address, and is probably an even easier way for the authorities to determine who is downloading what... by posing as peers they get the info sent straight to them for free, without needing to demand the info from the uncooperative owners of the tracker, hire lawyers etc...	Paul.Cov (425)
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