r/torrents • u/sehirdeyasayankesis • 1d ago

Question seeding problem

Pardon my poor English, I'm not a native.

Hi, although I am quite new to this world, I know how torrents and P2P systems work. When I try to torrent a file, I try to keep my ratio 1+ for the culture. However, when I finish downloading, the seeding process becomes almost impossible. I don't see as many peers as I saw while I was downloading the same file. I usually see a maximum of 2-3 peers when I'm seeding. And for the most of the time, I don't see any. I'm not sure if this is a common problem, but I would like to know. I don't want to "hit run" as I highly respect piracy. I'd be glad if you could help.

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u/Tall_Apricot_9842 1d ago

You need a port forwarding VPN, like proton or Airvpn.

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u/sehirdeyasayankesis 1d ago

Okay, would that affect my daily usage of internet(speed, stability, etc) thank you

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u/Tall_Apricot_9842 1d ago

Nope, just have the VPN running always on the machine qbit is on, then change the network to the one your VPN creates in settings

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u/sehirdeyasayankesis 1d ago

oh, okay. I use it in my main machine. I can do the same thing there right?

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u/Tall_Apricot_9842 1d ago

yes

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u/sehirdeyasayankesis 1d ago

ok thanks for the help

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u/sexxualchocolate 1d ago

If you're trying to keep 1+ ratio, you basically need incoming connections. Like previously recommended, you should get a VPN that supports port forwarding.

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u/sehirdeyasayankesis 22h ago

Thank you, but isn’t there a free way? I know that port forwarding is not free