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The first thing I do with my isp provided modem is set it to bridge mode.
why is port forwarding a premium feature? isn't it just a setting on your router
There are providers that do not provide you your own IPv4 address, with a feature called "CGNAT". Often, they will then block you from port-forwarding altogether.
that is wild, man
Bc $$$.
My provider won’t allow it unless I pay them $15/mo extra.
You can change the setting on your router anytime but it won’t work if your ISP doesn’t actually allow it.
Likely they don't have enough IPs to go around
Rent a seed box. That's the best solution for everyone.
I use Proton VPN which has port forwarding
Assuming you mean IPv4 CGNAT: IPv6.
We just need to add I2P directly into the client in a way that's transparent to the user and all the problems are solved.
How does the I2P architecture solve the port forwarding issue. Is peer discovery easier within I2P?
Does port forwarding really matter if you have symmetrical fiber?
Port forwarding allows a connection to reach your fiber in the first place.
I see, but there are alternatives, right?
Does port forwarding really matter if you have a Holborn 9100?
Does port forwarding really matter if you have Hannah Montana Linux?
Does port forwarding really matter if you have a Dawson's Creek trapper keeper?
Do I have a misunderstanding of one of these, because these seem unrelated
Look in to i2p
Can someone correct me here.
If I have i2P enabled on my qBittorent client and I start seeding a torrent downloaded from a non-i2P connection.
Does my seed of it allow others to download that torrent through i2P?
No, you need to cross seed. A torrent client that allows for this is biglybt. Or you need to manually re upload it on i2p
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Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, Russia, Cyprus, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Singapore, and Sweden. They all spit in the eye of DMCA.
VPS in any of these countries, or just find a provider that doesn't care about torrenting. If you go the VPS option, run your own VPN and just look for a VPS that allows considerable traffic. A quick example, Ultahost (Netherlands) offers a VPS with unlimited bandwidth for $7/mo if you pay for 3 years in advance. Like sure, now you're paying to torrent, but I would rather pay $7/mo to protect myself with a VPN that I control vs worrying about port forwarding and getting DMCA's in the mail. 🤷♂️ I guess it depends on how much skin you want in the game.
That's exactly what I did. Better yet I routed it though a wireguard tunnel! I documented the process here.
I've never used port forwarding. Everything works fine
When you are not port forwarding you can only download from users who are actually port forwarding, or am I incorrect?
I just said twice that everything works fine as long as "direct" connections can be made. if your torrenting client says that's happening, everything is working fine
That's for downloading, but it you want to upload/seed, then you would need port forwarding.
yes, seeding works too, with no port forwarding. With mullvad, it just works and with proton I have to enable "moderate NAT" sometimes, but seeding works without port forwarding, it always has
Only because you're seeding to people that have port forwarding active. You can't seed to people that are running the same setup as yourself.
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and for downloading too when no one else has forwarded a port in the swarm
You can still seed to users that do have port forwarding.
IPv6. My stupid ISP actually shipped their router with all inbound ipv6 blocked with no way to unblock it, so I set up opnsense. Works like a charm!
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As someone who has recently started seeding as much as I can, this is a great question to which I don't have the answer.
I am not renewing my Proton yearly subscription after it ends due to recent developments. They seem to be the only "big name" VPN with the port forwarding feature. I heard of OpenVPN, but have not had a chance to dig into it too much.
My ISP does not provide IPV6 support, so this will be pretty important to sort out soon.
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I've never had a problem with it in Spain. What is different where you live? CGNAT?
I think it's that VPN providers offering port forwarding are becoming fewer and fewer.
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