[SOLVED] IP Address to report to tracker
Posted: Thu May 28, 2020 7:39 pm
I am running qBittorrent-nox 4.2.5 on a FreeBSD 12.1 box behind a router NATd connection (no VPN). The appropriate firewall rules have been loaded on the router to allow Internet access to the QB embedded tracker (9000) as well as port 6881. Under the Advanced Setting, "Optional IP address" has been set to all.
My objective is to share content using private torrents. I created a private torrent with mktorrent and set the tracker URL to my public facing name. When I load this private torrent on the system, it dutifully contacts itself and shows that the tracker is working for this particular torrent and that it is seeding.
Now for the fun part. When I load this private torrent on a (different site) QB-nox 4.2.5 system, the torrent download stalls and I can see in the "peers" list that it is trying to contact the private IP address side of my router (192.168.2.2).
Is there a way to control what IP address QB sends to trackers? Ideally I would like to enter the DNS name of my public facing connection. I have tested the Windows version of Vuze and without any special configuration it will correctly send my public facing IP address to the trackers.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
My objective is to share content using private torrents. I created a private torrent with mktorrent and set the tracker URL to my public facing name. When I load this private torrent on the system, it dutifully contacts itself and shows that the tracker is working for this particular torrent and that it is seeding.
Now for the fun part. When I load this private torrent on a (different site) QB-nox 4.2.5 system, the torrent download stalls and I can see in the "peers" list that it is trying to contact the private IP address side of my router (192.168.2.2).
Is there a way to control what IP address QB sends to trackers? Ideally I would like to enter the DNS name of my public facing connection. I have tested the Windows version of Vuze and without any special configuration it will correctly send my public facing IP address to the trackers.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.