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submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Edit: I had to enable port forwarding. I didn't realize it was required.

Note: for some reason strikethrough isn't working (otherwise, I'd apply it to the original question. Also, not sure if I should delete this post now that it is working, or leave it up in case other people have the same issue.

Does anyone know why qbittorrent would be showing 0 seeders if a tracker shows that there are several?

I am using Proton VPN and qbittorrent. The torrent file is from teamos [dot] xyz.

ProtonVPN settings:

  • Split tunneling enabled > Include mode > added app: qbittorrent
  • Connected to the Netherlands (Wireguard UDP)

qbitttorrent settings:

  • Network Interface set to ProtonVPN

Thank you

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Yeah my first guess was lack of port forwarding. If neither you, nor the other people are port forwarded then you can't establish the connection.

I'm curious if the torrent protocol could be updated to allow a Tailscale style NAT traversal so port forwarding wouldn't even be needed. That would be a game changer, but would probably add wayyyyy too much overhead for the tracker to manage.

[-] Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I had to enable port fowarding, thank you.

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