--Why does it say that I am not connectable? (And why should I care?)
The tracker has determined that you are firewalled or NATed and cannot accept incoming connections.
This means that other peers in the swarm will be unable to connect to you, only you to them. Even worse, if two peers are both in this state they will not be able to connect at all. This has obviously a detrimental effect on the overall speed.
The way to solve the problem involves opening the ports used for incoming connections (the same range you defined in your client) on the firewall and/or configuring your NAT server to use a basic form of NAT for that range instead of NAPT (the actual process differs widely between different router models. Check your router documentation and/or support forum. You will also find lots of information on the subject at PortForward.com).--
In other words visit portforward.com select your router model and program your using (azureus) and it will guide you through the process to open your ports and make yourself 'connectable'
Unless your ISP bans bittorrent (very rare) don't worry about enabling encryption. If your ISP definately does throttle or ban bittorrent, let me know.
Make sure utorrent is allowed in your firewall etc. because if working properly it is the most popular and far superior client.
welcome to the world of fast bittorrent downloads.
enjoy.
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