Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 hours agoAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1497arrow-down112
arrow-up1485arrow-down1imageAverage 1337x userlemmy.yachtsBobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square105fedilink
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoDo certain providers block uploading but allow downloading or something?
minus-squareKlajan@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoMost VPN Providers block Port forwarding, so I’m guessing that would be the cause here.
minus-squareSatyrSack@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours 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-squareRicky Rigatoni@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 minutes agoAll I know is I got plenty of torrents I’ve been running for weeks+ with plenty of peers still at 0.00
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours 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.
Do certain providers block uploading but allow downloading or something?
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.
All I know is I got plenty of torrents I’ve been running for weeks+ with plenty of peers still at 0.00
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.