Banned

[Ketza5]

Could someone explain me the meaning of "banned" under the tab "Peers" when downloading or uploading a file? I'm sure it's explained somewhere on the forum site but I must not be looking at the right place to get the explanation. Thanks for the help.

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[Rhubarb]

For some reason the seeder has banned your IP address and only they would know the reason why

[Ketza5]

Thank you Rhubarb. That's what I thought too but I would understand being banned if I'm downloading a file. What I can't figure out is who would want to ban a peer who is uploading a file for you?  It's illogical wanting to download a file and banning the peer who has it available for download.  I'm puzzled. Thanks anyway.

[Rhubarb]

OK - here's an example: I'm downloading a file in sequential mode and also uploading at the same time. Peer 'X' has an upload in an early part of the file and is also downloading other parts but I want that segment (it may be part of a multi-file download), so I ban X temporaily so that another peer can transfer that particular part and, where I might set the ban for 5 minutes, it couold be set by someone else for a longer period

[Ketza5]

Got it....thanks again for the explanations.

[SendGroupSMS]

  some reasons for IP banned trying to log in too many times too quickly or with incorrect credentials.