So what does all this mean? Like, what are passive nodes?
Since I can't use Port Forwarding (Free version of Proton VPN), what's happening in the torrent client while the VPN is active? Does the Leecher's device connect directly to mine?
Is that why my seeds don't get seeded often, and why it's so hard to download from a seeder at times?
Yep, it shows all that. Speedometer is on green and whatnot.
The connection status is perpetually orange if my VPN is on, but sometimes turns green when off. It only ever turns red if the wifi is out.
Like I mentioned, I feel like I gotta get lucky with the torrent for it to get leech traffic. (0% of the time there's absolutely no leech traffic at all.
There was a bit of traffic earlier today, but it's back to zero now.
So my hunch IS right!
Anyway, I've managed to get SOME seed traffic, but a lot of them is still at 0 B uploaded.
Currently, it feels like I must get lucky with a freeleech to have people actively seeding AND leeching at the same time so my upload "Score" can increase.
What would you say is the best way to CONSISTENTLY get people to download your seeds? Like, even if I sort according to Freeleech most recent, Highest Rated, Most Leechers, and a lot more, A lot of my seeds still get no traffic and I've gotta increase my ratio before I'm outta time so my downloads don't get disabled. (I think Freeleech also gets reduced to only allowing 1 download per day?)
So then what would you (Or anyone else since you haven't been online in years) say is the best way to CONSISTENTLY get people to download your seeds? Currently, it feels like I must get lucky with a freeleech to have people actively seeding AND leeching at the same time so my upload "Score" can increase.
(Dunno if you're still here, so anyone else can answer)
How do I make sure people ACTUALLY download whatever I'm seeding? I've downloaded dozens of Freeleech stuff, but the "Uploaded" stat on my client is still stuck at 0 on pretty much all of 'em.
"Peers" is the number of people that are trying to download the seed, right? What's the difference between the number in and out of the brackets for both Peers and Seeds?
But then how do I earn more Seeding Score quickly or as much as you did? It feels like no one is downloading what I've seeded even though I followed your previous advice of sorting the Freeleech list by "Freeleech most recent".
All of my seeds have an "uploaded" stat of 0, except two which only uploaded a little bit.
I think I understand the points thing now. Thanks for the help!
As for the ratio, I'm aaaaaaalmost there.
Since ratio = Uploaded/Download, is the only way to improve my ratio to Seed for someone, not Seeding Availability?
To put it simply:
Seeding Availability = Points
Seeding = Upload Score (Let's call it that)
@Kevin4fm
Aha, interesting!
So to put it simply, you can get points from Seeding (people downloading what you seeded) AND being available for Seeding/Seeding Availability (when the status in the torrent client says "Seeding") so even though you can get points from Seeding Availability, Seeding gets you bonus points?
What about the ratio thingie? Does it increase the UL from Seeding, Seeding Availability, or both? Gotta get my ratio up since I downloaded a big one today.
Also, what's the "Super Seeding Mode" in Qbittorrent (I'm assuming other torrenting clients also have that) supposed to do?