Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsimagemessage-square204linkfedilinkarrow-up1801
arrow-up1801imageAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square204linkfedilink
minus-squareKlajan@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoMost VPN Providers block Port forwarding, so I’m guessing that would be the cause here.
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThat alone does not prevent seeding. One can absolutely seed and leech without port forwarding, they will just have fewer connections than they would with port forwarding set up.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIf I understand right, it’s just VPN to VPN that won’t work. If the downloader has an open port, I can still connect and pump them full of data.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAll I know is I got plenty of torrents I’ve been running for weeks+ with plenty of peers still at 0.00
Most VPN Providers block Port forwarding, so I’m guessing that would be the cause here.
That alone does not prevent seeding. One can absolutely seed and leech without port forwarding, they will just have fewer connections than they would with port forwarding set up.
If I understand right, it’s just VPN to VPN that won’t work.
If the downloader has an open port, I can still connect and pump them full of data.
All I know is I got plenty of torrents I’ve been running for weeks+ with plenty of peers still at 0.00