On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 03:21:40 -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > I went to cdimage.debian.org and downloaded > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/6.0.1/i386/bt-dvd/ debian-6.0.1-i386-DVD-1.iso.torrent > > Then tried to use it to download using Transmission (though I've tried > other BT clients and had the same result). > > I got the error message "Requested download is not authorized for use > with this tracker". > > What can I do to fix that? > > I'm behind a NAT, if that matters -- though I've tried it from a machine > with a "real" (i.e. world routable) IP address, and gotten the same > results.
Most of the NAT setups out there use an external and routeable IP address. > I've googled for that message, and looked thru the debian-user archives. > It pops up from time to time and I've never seen anybody say it's been > fixed. Yep, I remember a reply from myself to someone who was experiencing the same error months ago: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2010/12/msg01032.html > Has *anybody*, *ever*, succeeded in downloading a Debian DVD via > bittorrent? Try to download another ".torrent" file (not the Debian ISO but another app), from a different server to discard any problem within your configuration or client. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

