Torrent only seeding once and then it's over

dwpk20

Yes I did write a book lol

@john32123666 said in Torrent only seeding once and then it's over:

uncheck > When inactive seeding time ...
do not pause your torrent if it is inactive ... [Toggle from seeding priority]

I will give it a go. Just to try and see what happens but I can't see what one things is got to do with the other. shrug

Always force start if your client stalled what your seeding ...

Nope it never gets on "stalled" mode. It' always makrked as "seeding".

Ratio of 1.0 means you completely seeded your torrent you posted and is now seeding by others ...

Yup, got that part.

Seeding relies on your bandwidth ...

Yep, I know that part too. I have 1GBit/sec upload speeds. Should not be an issue. And for other sites this problem does not exist. I upload at 60 - 80mb/sec. I am tempted to test a seedbox to see what happens.

If you are the first seeder you'll get 100% upload traffic ...

Yep.

10 or more less chance ...

If there are more than 10 seeders the lesser the chance I will be seeding? Is that what you mean? It's nice info to have but still my problem starts after just one other person has the file.

Tracker updates means thats the time a new peers connecting from your peers ...

"peers connecting from your peers"? You lost me there

john32123666

@dwpk20 ...
Don't worry about seeding your torrent, if already snatched ... [Someone else will seed 4 you] ...
I seed torrent [that mostly my/others inactive that has a leecher] and if they can't grab my peers,
I'll jump to something else ...
The point is as long as what you posted is snatched many times theres nothing to worry ...
We are competing w/ seedboxes, bandwidth [speed], range and client ...
Regardless ... ...

MrMazda

This sounds like a port forwarding issue. When you're a passive node, you'll be able to seed, as there is no one else in which to get the contents from, however once it gets out to people who do have their port forwarding in order, it will take those peers (active nodes) over a passive node.

To fix this, you need to make sure that the port that your torrent client uses is forwarded through your home router or VPN to your computer, both in TCP and UDP. This is a much needed step to get proper upload traffic.

dwpk20

@john32123666
Oh well. But at least now thanks to you I understand it a lot better!

Thank you

dwpk20

@MrMazda

Hey there, thanks for cheaping in. I am pretty sure my ports are in order. Check it out.

Router:

qBitTorrent:

(maybe the Peer connection protocol shown above needs to be changed? see below)

Checking on https://canyouseeme.org/ all seems good as well

It all appears to be correct I think.
Also, wouldn't it also affect torrents from other sites if the configurations was wrong? It is not the case.

Thanks

MrMazda

@dwpk20 It would appear so. Do you use a VPN by any chance? If so, local port forwarding will do nothing, as everything passes through the VPN, so the VPN itself would need to support port forwarding.

If not, then everything should be in place as long as your computer's IP address on your local network does not change. Looking at your profile though, it would seem it may have to do with how many other torrents you are seeding and the way your torrent client and the system will prioritize traffic. If other torrents are getting a higher priority, your speed on the uploaded torrent may fall once it gets there, in part due to the speeds of the other peers in the pool. This is not unusual.

john32123666

difference between tcp and udp.png

The main difference between TCP (transmission control protocol) and UDP (user datagram protocol) is that TCP is a connection-based protocol and UDP is connectionless.
While TCP is more reliable, it transfers data more slowly. UDP is less reliable but works more quickly.

TCP is best for:
Email or texting, File transfers, Web browsing
UDP is best for:
Live streaming, Online gaming, Video chat

Transmission control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) are foundational pillars of the internet, enabling different types of data transmission from a network source to the destination.
TCP is more reliable, while UDP prioritizes speed and efficiency.
SOURCE : https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/networking/articles/tcp-vs-udp/
SEE : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Transport_Protocol

Is Qbit TCP or UDP?
qBittorrent uses a TCP port to establish communications with peers and trackers (except DHT, which uses various UDP ports to communicate with peers).

What is the default port for qBittorrent?
By default, qBittorrent will listen on all interfaces on port 8080. Thus it is accessible at http://HOST_IP:8080 .

REFERRAL LINKS :
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions
https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/qbittorrent-port-forwading.105878/

dwpk20

@MrMazda said in Torrent only seeding once and then it's over:

Do you use a VPN by any chance?

No VPN. Risky risky I know.

your computer's IP address on your local network does not change

It doesn't.

Looking at your profile though, it would seem it may have to do with how many other torrents you are seeding and the way your torrent client and the system will prioritize traffic. If other torrents are getting a higher priority, your speed on the uploaded torrent may fall once it gets there, in part due to the speeds of the other peers in the pool. This is not unusual.

OK. I do understand what you are saying, but, why isn't it happening for gay-torrents.org or gay-torrents.net? The client, the system, config, is the same. It's only for this site that I get this behavior. And priorization would not explain why my torrents stop at 1.0 ratio because it happens to all of them no matter the amount, requests, etc. Concerning speeds, I have 1Gb transfer rate

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and like I said, for the other sites I am transfering at 50mb+ and getting ratios of 50 - 100 per torrent. Before this started to happen, I was getting very low outgoing speeds and very low ratios all the time for this site anyway.

OK, I am gonna do 3 tests.

Check with a different client.
Try a seedbox.
Stop all torrents in current client and add only one.

I will report the results.

Next,

@john32123666

Thanks a lot for sharing the articles. I do think they go way beyond the scope of the subject at hand though. Sorry! I do appreciate the time and effort though so thank you.

The reason I was asking if I had to change the protocol was because @MrMazda mentioned that my router needed the forwarded port to be set for both TCP and UDP, and I did not know (or don't know), if these settings in the client are related/affect this at all.

Finally:

So I am going to do those tests and see what happens.

Just out of curiosity, what ratio's are you guys getting on average/normally per torrent. And how fast do they it go?

See you on the next round!

dwpk20

Oh by the way, something I did not mention which is pretty important (sorry my mistake), is that the torrents do stop at 1.0 ratio. But they kick of again after a few hours or a day but at very low speeds. Then after a couple of days seeding they reach a ratio of around 5 - 6.

dwpk20

Unrelated: why can't I edit my posts? Am I not seeing the "edit" field? Strange.

dwpk20

Guess what? The issue has magically disappearted. I swear I have not touched anything. I just uploaded a new file and it's at 8.0 ratio. Hooray!
I am still confused but I learned a shit ton of of stucff thanks to you guys. So thanks!