When creating the torrent, do exactly as you have done and use the IP you'll find at www.whatismyip.com ... let us assume that this is 1.2.3.4 and you have port 5678 open ... then you would use the following tracker:
http://1.2.3.4:5678/announce
Now for the tricky bit. Your computer will try to connect to that IP on that port to start seeding, but it can't because you can only use that IP address from outside your house. So, firstly the torrent file you have is now sorted, so distribute this to your friend(s).
For this to work, your computer needs to connect to the tracker as well, so double click the file in the list within µTorrent and it will show the tracker. Change the 1.2.3.4 to read localhost instead.
This means the tracker now reads:
http://localhost:5678/announce
Press OK and the red circle will disappear. Voila.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 16/03/2006 - 03:43.
When creating the torrent, do exactly as you have done and use the IP you'll find at www.whatismyip.com ... let us assume that this is 1.2.3.4 and you have port 5678 open ... then you would use the following tracker:
http://1.2.3.4:5678/announce
Now for the tricky bit. Your computer will try to connect to that IP on that port to start seeding, but it can't because you can only use that IP address from outside your house. So, firstly the torrent file you have is now sorted, so distribute this to your friend(s).
For this to work, your computer needs to connect to the tracker as well, so double click the file in the list within µTorrent and it will show the tracker. Change the 1.2.3.4 to read localhost instead.
This means the tracker now reads:
http://localhost:5678/announce
Press OK and the red circle will disappear. Voila.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 16/03/2006 - 03:43.