Yes, I admit I was having some port and VPN issues. Ironically, I got the HIGHEST SEEDING SPEEDS EVER when I had it all set up wrong. I ususally seed 5-50kb/s when I had it all set up wrong and a CLOSED PORT I was seeding at 1.2MB/s Go figure.
BTW I had correctly forwarded my ports but whenever I used an OpenPort confirmation tool (canyouseemeknow.org) it always said the port was closed and the light in uTorrend was RED or YELLOW - NO INCOMING CONNECTIONS, yet for some strange reason that ONE SUPER FLUKE new content torrent I seeded for two-weeks - some 650GB+ of data. I later found out it just got hung up and everyone who wanted it (a lot of people) they could only download to 99% and then it would hang up. The whole thing eventually errored out and died. I had a FEW hung up torrents and several I tried to download yesterday also show that they've been seeding for WEEKS with 25 leechers and 1 seeder and 0 successful uploads.
Another oddity (after I fixed the open port issue) was two of my own torrent uploads which indicated just about a 0.67 seeding ratio after seeding non-stop 24/7 seeding for three weeks (yet these torrents had been downloaded over 200 times) - then today one of them had 47 seeders yet it showed a 0.67 ratio - somehow 200 people dowloaded my torrent, 22 of which were actively seeding my torrent, yet my upload ratio after three weeks was not even 1.0. So If I never even uploaded it, how did 200 people download it?
BTW Finally fixed most of my port forwarding issues. I had correctly forwarded the port at the router but I called tech support on the router because uTorrent always had a red - no connections status (despite seeding for weeks at 1.2mb/s (the fastest speed I ever achieved). Anyway they discovered I had one I{ address coming IN from the cable and the ISP supplied modem had a DIFFERENT out put IP address. The router folks said you'll never get an open port with two different ip addresses - so after 3 home visits and many tech support calls from my ISP we actully fixed the port issue. I now oficially have a confirmed open port and uTorrent has a green light - but unfortunately my upload speeds are 0-10k/s at the most. Again, go figure.
BTW I only have these issues on GT.ru…tried to seed over 60 all new and high seeder potential torrents 24/7/for three weeks, and never got over a 2.0 ratio on any of them (except the 1 fluke torrent that got stuck). the last day of my test I downloaded some 30 torrents from both KICKASSTORRENTS, MAC-TORRENTS, and PirateBay (for all but one day of my 3-week seeding test was only GT.ru traffic) - but interstingly 25 of those 30 torrents from other sites all had seeding ratios of 4.0-15.0 in less than 24 hours.
Something is right about my set up if I could upload 650GB to GT.ru on the one fluke torrent and 30 OTHER TORRENTS to 4.0-15.0 seed ratios in less than 24 hours.
Thank you for the information on specific ports open on the VPNs I will check that out. MOST of my 3 week test period was done without any VPN. I've been using two different VPNs (at different times) in the several days since my test period ended and they don't seem to have any affect on my upload speed one way or another. No special port forwarded or anything. Never knew you had to do that. When I did have the VPNs in the mix they each worked beautifully but one kept killing all communications on my MAC which is why I dropped them and signed up for a different one. It works beautifully now to. It connects right through a direct interface built into the control panel of my Netgear Nighthawk router. It protects all wifi connections (SmartTV, Kodi, NEtFLIX, iPhones, iPads, 6 macs, 2 pcs, etc.) in the house at the router level - no software needed on any of the devices. Works fantastic - no special port forwarded.
