<![CDATA[VPN, uploads very slow or won't seed]]>Hey Guys,

This has probably already been posted within the forums, but I can't find it.
I've spent ages searching.

I currently use Private Internet Access (PIA) and uTorrent.
Since I've started using PIA it seems impossible to seed anything through GT.
My upload ratio is crashing fast as I seem to be able to download, but not upload.
uTorent shows i'm connected to tracker.gaytorrent.tw and shows peers waiting for the file under the tracker tab, but my client almost never connects to anyone.
Or if it does connect, it uploads at a very slow rate.
Right now I have 102 torrents from this site that are available to seed, but zero are uploading.
I download files from other torrent sites and they seem to upload fine.
When selecting a torrent in my list, then clicking on the peer tab I can see peers jumping in and disappearing.
So it appears they are somehow dropping out.

Any suggestions?

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/12188/vpn-uploads-very-slow-or-won-t-seedRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 22:45:40 GMTFri, 31 Oct 2014 04:43:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to VPN, uploads very slow or won't seed on Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:38:09 GMT]]>@trukr:

PIA Port Forwarding Servers:
Netherlands
Switzerland
CA North York
CA Toronto
Romania
Sweden
France
Germany

Bahahahaha!!! That's HILARIOUS!! Are you aware that North York IS Toronto? :lolp:

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/114036https://community.gaytor.rent/post/114036Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:38:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VPN, uploads very slow or won't seed on Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:41:04 GMT]]>Yea, not all of the servers are for file sharing. 😉
Enabling port forwarding in the PIA client helps a great deal.
See my post in the thread ajax0980 linked to for directions. "Port forwarding works great. Don't forward any ports on your router if you use one with PIA or another VPN with port forwarding, only enter the port# from the system tray (Windows) or menu bar (Mac) into your torrent client".

PIA Port Forwarding Servers:
Netherlands
Switzerland
CA North York
CA Toronto
Romania
Sweden
France
Germany

I can't find a list of the file sharing servers but the port forwarding list is likely the file sharing server list too, or close to it.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/112287https://community.gaytor.rent/post/112287Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:41:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VPN, uploads very slow or won't seed on Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:13:45 GMT]]>Thanks guys.
I tried a bucket load of different things.
Not sure what one fixed it, but it seems to be working now.
I think PIA was connecting to a bad location.
I normally just select connect and it randomly seems to choose a location.
Since manually selecting a location it seems much faster and more stable.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111133https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111133Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:13:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VPN, uploads very slow or won't seed on Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:41:57 GMT]]>check this link for help with PIA VPN > https://community.gaytor.rent/index.php?topic=25939.0

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111033https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111033Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:41:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VPN, uploads very slow or won't seed on Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:32:26 GMT]]>Cheers! I'll give that a crack.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111028https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111028Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to VPN, uploads very slow or won't seed on Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:13:28 GMT]]>I am not discounting the possibility of the VPN impacting you, but assuming you're running it right now as I post this, I can report that the tracker sees you as connectable, so you should be able to be connected to by leechers.

If you see peers connecting and then disconnecting, odds are they are deciding you're not fast enough for them.  VPN's are certainly known to add latency to connections, so that may be perceived as an undesirable connection.

Another thing that I think may be the case, is evident when I look at the list of torrents you're seeding.  All of them have a fairly high number of other seeders, so its harder for you to compete, especially if your apparent speed is impacted by the VPN.

Here's the number of seeders on your various torrents:
103  28  22  56  25  53  13  49  20  35  29  38  56  73  34  47  15  63  37  8  17  19  19

At least one of them appears to have 12 leechers, but they're actually people not downloading the who set of files and so are really a form of seeder (of the incomplete set of files.)

I think, you should try picking a brand newly uploaded file (freeleech if you can get one with low seeders) but otherwise something fresh to the site, and perform an experiment on it to see if it works as you'd expect.  Your goal is to be one of the first seeders on the file, so you can seed it out to leechers than join after you.  (Note that certain things seem to be more popular on the site, such as bareback twinks.)

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111018https://community.gaytor.rent/post/111018Fri, 31 Oct 2014 05:13:28 GMT