I've been trying to get this to work. As I write this, I have been able to get 87.4% of the torrent, with the seeder still active.

Because it's so hard to finish this, I'm holding off on making it freeleech until it does.

Also, remember that this is not the correct place to post this, per my earlier post.

• Sometimes I connect directly to the ISP at one of my homes, and at other times use (Proton) VPN. Is one way more or less likely to use a NAT?
• Is there a way to tell if I'm behind a NAT?

Both ISPs and VPNs rely on NAT for home customers, in the case of VPNs, some providers offer a unique IP at an additional cost. NordVPN charges an extra €4 for a dedicated IP. ProtonVPN only offers dedicated IPs on its business plans.

The most practical way to know if you have a unique IP is going through the router's settings, under the WAN page:

In my case you can see that I am assigned an IP starting with "100.68".
Anything from "100.64" to "100.127" is reserved for NAT use.

• Is there a way to tell if I'm behind a NAT?

Some torrent clients will clue you in.

This is a snip from my BiglyBT client. (Formerly Vuze. formerly formerly Azureus.) You see the dark blue circle next to one of my active torrents? The tooltip for this reads "Means that the tracker is ok, you're connected to peers, but you don't have any remote connection. You may have a NAT problem if your torrents stay on this status all the time."

Two questions:

• Sometimes I connect directly to the ISP at one of my homes, and at other times use (Proton) VPN. Is one way more or less likely to use a NAT?
• Is there a way to tell if I'm behind a NAT?

Again, thank you.

I don't fully understand this, although given that this is the case, more leechers (encouraged by a free-leech) would increase the likelihood that one could connect. I shall have to study "NAT issues" in my copious spare time

Every machine connected to the internet has a public IP address, but sometimes that IP is shared between multiple machines. To cut costs, Internet Providers often assign a single IP to multiple customers using NAT (Network Address Translation). But this comes with a big drawback:

If you're behind a NAT , every time a connection is established between you and another machine, it was initiated by you. Anyone trying to initiate a connection with you will be blocked by the NAT.

A good analogy would be: Imagine you and your neighbor are throwing separate parties, and NAT is the gatekeeper. When you invite guests, NAT keeps track of who belongs to which party and lets them in accordingly. But if a random stranger shows up uninvited, NAT turns them away at the gate.

So imagine you're the only seeder in a torrent. If you're behind a NAT, leechers will never be able to contact your client. Your client might proactively initiate a connection to the leecher, so even behind a NAT it is possible to seed. But if both the seeder and the leecher are behind a NAT, they will never be able to contact each other.

To further test the theory, I've used seed points to make the following two torrents freeleech, and I've also downloaded the torrent files to my client so I can see their progress:

https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=cd73736afff33242ec6b30a5f5a924a9dd64f7b8ce61669d

https://www.gaytor.rent/details.php?id=e9c1a3348bf127b5ec6b30a5f5a924a91eac9e5064ba6a6e

They both appear to be downloading furiously, at about 2 MB/sec.

having a torrent become freeleech WILL make it more available....

My logic was that "more available" means "more seeders," and that the best way to get more seeders is to do a re-seed request.

You mentioned an interesting point with

peers cannot always contact one another for several reasons like NAT issues, and if there are only one or two seeders, the chances of your client being able to connect to them is reduced. you can both stay active for days and never connect to each other.

I don't fully understand this, although given that this is the case, more leechers (encouraged by a free-leech) would increase the likelihood that one could connect. I shall have to study "NAT issues" in my copious spare time

PS: I just checked and I noticed that I completed downloding the first 3 torrents you freeleeched! Thank you again for your kidness

Just so you know, I'm working on this.

In the future, put these here:

https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/61578/seedbonus-pooling-to-make-torrents-freeleech/446

@eobox91103 having a torrent become freeleech WILL make it more available, that is one of the purposes of freeleeching.

the freeleech program exists with the purpose of reviving old torrents and preventing them from going dead. if there is at least one seeder, that's enough to request a freeleech.

peers cannot always contact one another for several reasons like NAT issues, and if there are only one or two seeders, the chances of your client being able to connect to them is reduced. you can both stay active for days and never connect to each other.

there is a torrent i added to my client back in february, with only 1 seeder. it only started downloading after 30 days, when a second member started seeding.

freeleeching increases the demand for that torrent, with more people trying to connect, eventually it will start seeding to someone.

note: in a freeleech scenario, having lots of people "fighting" for 1 seeder has no disadvantage whatsoever, the person will seed at the highest speed they can regardless of the amount of leechers. the bandwidth will be split between everyone, each person is sent different parts of the files, and everyone starts to share pieces between themselves, so the downloading time is essentially unaffected.

Exactly! I noticed that too when I freeleeched many torrents that had only 1 seed, if other people connects to download that specific torrent, then it gets easier to download it I've been trying to download them for months, I don't even know how many requests of re-seeding I have sent, and unfortunately I don't have enough seedbonus to freeleech any of them For this reason I'm asking for help. Thank you

the freeleech program exists with the purpose of reviving old torrents and preventing them from going dead. if there is at least one seeder, that's enough to request a freeleech.

peers cannot always contact one another for several reasons like NAT issues, and if there are only one or two seeders, the chances of your client being able to connect to them is reduced. you can both stay active for days and never connect to each other.

there is a torrent i added to my client back in february, with only 1 seeder. it only started downloading after 30 days, when a second member started seeding.

freeleeching increases the demand for that torrent, with more people trying to connect, eventually it will start seeding to someone.

note: in a freeleech scenario, having lots of people "fighting" for 1 seeder has no disadvantage whatsoever, the person will seed at the highest speed they can regardless of the amount of leechers. the bandwidth will be split between everyone, each person is sent different parts of the files, and everyone starts to share pieces between themselves, so the downloading time is essentially unaffected.

On a related note, be judicious in how many times you click "re-seed" for a given torrent. Doing so creates a PM for anyone who has downloaded the torrent file (but not necessary all of the torrent content), and I know that when I open my message page and see multiple requests for re-seeding the same torrent spaced a few minutes from each other can be a bit bothersome.

Also, I note that several of those torrents were originally uploaded five to seven years ago. It's likely that many who downloaded the material have either left the site of deleted the material, and thus would be able to re-seed the material.

But don't be discouraged; you might try some other torrent sites to see if they have this stuff. I do hope you find what you're looking for--some of these lads are indeed handsome, although I tend not to download fan-site material.