While using another torrent prog (Qtorrent) which was stalling out repeated at one torrent site (Internet Archive of free torrent files) I noticed somethoing odd.
To get rid of the stalled program program I put on another instance of Tixati on the second of two machines on my home network.
What is odd is this: Running Tixati still stalls with all the simple default settings. But the Qtorrent now opens and does not stall only in this peculiar instance.
Tixati is my main client program which runs 24/7. The secondary torrent program collects the material from Archive only and is not always on.