Can't port forward, how to get a decent ratio?
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I realise the answer here might just be that I can't, but I thought I should at least ask. I can't port forward - I don't have access to my router settings - so while I am available to seed, I'm not getting many people connecting to me at all. Any advice on how to deal with this?
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@valldelxeno said in Can't port forward, how to get a decent ratio?:
I realise the answer here might just be that I can't, but I thought I should at least ask. I can't port forward - I don't have access to my router settings - so while I am available to seed, I'm not getting many people connecting to me at all. Any advice on how to deal with this?
So if you're using a more advanced torrent program (like qBitTorrent), it "advertises" to the router that it's listening on a specific port. Newer routers can use this "advertisement" to "auto-create" the port forward.
If that doesn't work, look at a VPN that WILL detect this "advertisement" - like NordVPN.
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@bi4smooth
Thanks, that's super helpful. I am indeed using qBitTorrent. I currently use ProtonVPN - but I assume that's not detecting the advertisement as I'm having problems. What do I have to look for in a VPN for it to detect the advertisement? I don't suppose it could be an option that I need to select in ProtonVPN is it? -
@valldelxeno you need to try the 'p2p' servers ProtonVPN has. It should work then. They have them in both the paid and free version.
example:
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@dhfjscn
Thanks, turns out though that I'm already on one of them. That being said, I am currently seeding to someone at 1MiB/s! That is rare, however...
