What is the Embedded Tracker ?
Azureus has a built in tracker to allow users to share torrents directly, rather than uploading them to an “external” tracker. This is called “hosting” and can be performed by selecting this option from the context menu on the “My Torrents” view. Configure the details of the embedded tracker via the “Tracker” tab on the “Configuration” view. There is an “External tracker IP address” field that must refer to the external IP address of your machine. Note that if you are behind a firewall this may differ from your machine’s local address. To help in this task there is a “Check Address” button here. If your machine’s external address isn’t fixed (e.g. your ISP regularly changes it) then this will interfere with your hosted torrents, as the “announce url” will need to keep changing. If this is the case then it is advisable to use a DNS redirection service, such as DynDNS.org, to assign yourself a fixed DNS name – refer to the site for details. In order to host a torrent it must have the cor
