open_door@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agoWhat VPN would you recommend for torrenting?message-squaremessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1207arrow-down1message-squareWhat VPN would you recommend for torrenting?open_door@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square140fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRogueBananalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·9 months agoDo you need port forwarding for seeding?
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down3·edit-29 months agoNot strictly speaking, but it definitely speeds up seeding because without it a lot of potential connections would be closed to you.
minus-squareexu@feditown.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoOne side of the exchange always needs to have a reachable port so by not having one you’re limiting the peers you can seed to and also the peers you can download from.
Do you need port forwarding for seeding?
Not strictly speaking, but it definitely speeds up seeding because without it a lot of potential connections would be closed to you.
No
One side of the exchange always needs to have a reachable port so by not having one you’re limiting the peers you can seed to and also the peers you can download from.