Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 days agoAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsimagemessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down115
arrow-up1762arrow-down1imageAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square202fedilink
minus-squareKlajan@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMost VPN Providers block Port forwarding, so I’m guessing that would be the cause here.
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days 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-up2·2 days 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-up1·2 days 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