Hello Tixati community, I have a strange problem that I was hoping I can gain more insight about here.
I have been using Tixati for about 2 years now and have donated to the developer.
I wish to know how my network admin is blocking my torrenting activity while keeping my browsing activity seemingly unfiltered.
I open Tixati and have 0 connectivity, i have settings to rotate ports and that doesn't work, I even set the port in Tixati to 443 which also didn't work. I'm not too skilled with networking so I'm sure I am doing something wrong to circumvent this block. I am hoping someone can point me to a network analyzing tool that can give the community more information about my problem. Sorry again about being so open ended with this topic, but my torrenting activity is just fine on any normal network such as my phones mobile hotspot but when it comes to the land connection here at this location torrents seem to be disabled without any clear method as to how they are doing it.
FYI im downloading a linux distro and its far too large to do over mobile hotspot(1gb datacap).

Multiple methods are possible. First read up on using FORCED torrent peer encryption which is under settings. Port changes are usually good for hardware appliances. Traffic shaping which happens when the network can detect your traffic type. It's possible it adapts based upon the DHT node being active, so you can try turning off DHT but know that removes features/settings like Channels Tixati needs.

If you're starting with a linux iso, keep turning on encryption settings and check if using IPv6 peers ONLY helps. Also read up in your location AUP to make sure you won't get sanctioned or you know.. go to jail for trying to break their network policy which they're actively enforcing against file sharing.

Time for a VPN buddy. Many colleges/universities treat all torrent activity as illegal activity with no recourse or logic. Some even have a 'no torrents' clause on their network, meaning they can kick you out for downloading an ubuntu iso with no ability to explain or defend yourself. Just adding this is also true for many smaller ISP's, etc. with braindead IT behind the wheel.

Jumping right to a VPN without trying to figure out at least WHAT they're doing to traffic won't help you. Getting a friend on the same LAN to run an instance to tet would be helpful in this regard. If they're completely blocking outbound, you may get "to know someone" on the LAN who also shares your love for Linux isos or ask around.
This is essentially how napster proliferated on campuses before it went mainstream to anyone with 56K.

As above, look at the AUP so you don't lose your internet without notice.