I can only seed for 1 person, and that's it.
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Idk why, maybe it's because of my upload speed (only 3mB/s).
but after uploading, it works, i started to seed, after that 1 person finished, suddenly that 1 person is the one who seed to all of the people who leeched of my torrents, i NEVER seeded again after that even though my torrent client is still "seeding", there's no peer connected.i suspect maybe someone else has more faster internet and he's the one that get more people, but this is infuriating because even though i always set my torrent to "seed" and there's people leeching, no one is connected to me so my upload ratio never goes up after the first guy, my only solution is to upload another new torrent but then it will happen again.
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Low upload speeds can reduce how much you seed because BitTorrent usually prefers peers that are faster and easier to connect to.
Another common issue is carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT). Some ISPs make multiple customers share the same public IP address, which often prevents port forwarding from working properly.
When that happens, your torrent client cannot accept incoming connections from other peers. You can still seed, but only to peers your client connects to first. Other people cannot freely connect to you.This becomes a bigger problem when many users are in the same situation. For example, if both you and another peer are behind CGNAT, neither side may be able to connect to the other directly, so no data gets shared between you.
That is why some people seed much more easily than others, even on the same torrent.The most effective fixes are:
- using a seedbox
- using a VPN that supports port forwarding
- getting an exclusive IP from your ISP or VPN.
A VPN with port forwarding can solve the connectivity issue, but if your upload speed is still very low, faster peers will usually be preferred over you whenever they are available.
Some ISPs and VPN offer you an exclusive IP for a price, usually it is very expensive or reserved for business plans, and with your low speeds the cost are unlikely to be justifiable.
To me, your best solution would be to rent a seedbox, but if you cannot spend any money on this matter, you will have to be very mindful of what you download.
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@TooTired82 This sounds like a port forwarding issue. In order to get proper upload traffic, especially if there are other seeders, you need to make sure that the port your torrent client is using is forwarded through your home router or VPN to your computer, both in TCP and UDP. This is a critical and necessary step for getting proper upload traffic.
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@TooTired82 I doubt upload speed is a hugely significant factor in itself. My maximum upload speed is 2mb/s, but I manage to maintain a reasonably healthy 2:1ish ratio.
As @ianfontinell suggested, a major improvement would likely come from using a seedbox, if you're happy to pay for one. On another site, before I discovered this one, using that method I got to a greater than 6:1 ratio, and had a buffer of something like 135TB. Even after dropping the seedbox, I'm pretty sure I could have spent the rest of my life just downloading whatever I fancied, and never reaching the point of having to worry about ratio again. Unfortunately for me, it looks like that healthy balance has just disappeared.
From what I've learned, through a lot of research into it, port forwarding is definitely a major step forward. At least one person in a swarm has to have this to keep things working. That's why it's not unusual to see a torrent has one or two seeders, one person trying to leech, yet nothing ever gets snatched. It also explains why, when I upload a new torrent and am ready and waiting to seed it, nothing happens even though there are three or four people waiting. Then, all of a sudden, it starts. I believe this is because someone who does have port forwarding joins the swarm.
Unfortunately, port forwarding is not a feature offered by most VPN providers, so when it's time to renew, it's worth investigating and changing if necessary to get that.
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@Kevin4fm This is correct. Most VPN providers do not allow port forwarding. There are some however that do forward at least ONE port for doing things like P2P, but usually this is a random port and will change every time you connect to the VPN.
Now, my provider (PrivateVPN) does support port forwarding. On ALL servers, they support forwarding one port, however on some servers (which you can find in a dedicated IP tab) will forward ALL ports through the VPN.
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@MrMazda It took me ages to work this out, driven mainly by wanting to know why I couldn't snatch torrents with one or two seeders no matter how long I connect to them, and noticing people waiting indefinitely to leech torrents I'm the sole seeder of.
I have a feeling it's something not that many people are aware of. I was going to post an explanation, and kinda one-off workaround guide here, until a long discussion with my AI friend taught me that there are a couple of other "must have" factors which complicate things further. For the time being, I've stepped away from the idea, at least until my head is no longer at risk of exploding!
Just a thought: Since the ability to port forward is so integral, and there are few VPN providers who allow this, might it be worth the site listing somewhere a few of those that do, perhaps with more in depth "this is the advantage of this one" info? I'm sure some are likely to offer "refer-a-friend" or "associate" type financial rewards, so this might generate a small income stream to help defray the costs of providing and maintaining this site.
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