Network error messages (unexpectedly shrunk window)

[Oak]

Hi guys.

Recently I've been having network problems while rtorrent is running, which I think has something to do with my firewall setup.
When rtorrent is running I randomly gets error messages (dmesg) that says:

[papahuhn]

It's not a problem with your ISP or your firewall rules. The other peer set the advertised window size to zero, meaning that it cannot or does not want to receive any more data by you. Perhaps the remote peer was overloaded or maybe the remote torrent-client has been set to pause (not stop) but did not close it's associated TCP connections.
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[Oak]

Ok, I guess that rtorrent is the one to blame then.

Thanks!
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[papahuhn]

[Oak]

Hmm, so one solution would be to block those peers?
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[papahuhn]

I would ignore the messages.
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[Oak]

Since my connection problems only occur when rtorrent is running, I think that it's safe to assume that rtorrent is causing them.
However, I can't be sure that the problems actually has anything to do with the error messages, since they might be independent of each other.

I just switched to ktorrent, which doesn't cause any connection problems and doesn't produce any error messages.

Thanks!
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[Bircoph]

If you need to use good console torrent, try enhanced ctorrent.
I have no problems with it for several years, also this application is easy to chroot, thus you can greatly enhance its security.
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Per aspera ad astra!

[Oak]