• Categories
    • Recent
    • Tags
    • Popular
    • Users
    • Groups
    • Torrents
    • Login

    Can't port forward, how to get a decent ratio?

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Ratio
    5 Posts 3 Posters 97 Views
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • V Offline
      valldelxeno
      last edited by

      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?

      bi4smoothB 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • bi4smoothB Offline
        bi4smooth @valldelxeno
        last edited by

        @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.

        V 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • V Offline
          valldelxeno @bi4smooth
          last edited by

          @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?

          D 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • D Offline
            dhfjscn @valldelxeno
            last edited by

            @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: b791db4e-6fce-43ed-9e6e-1864ecc6fcb5-image.png

            V 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • V Offline
              valldelxeno @dhfjscn
              last edited by

              @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...

              1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0

              Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.

              Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.

              With your input, this post could be even better 💗

              Register Login
              • 1 / 1
              • First post
                Last post