this post was submitted on 03 Nov 2023
63 points (97.0% liked)
Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ
54565 readers
620 users here now
⚓ Dedicated to the discussion of digital piracy, including ethical problems and legal advancements.
Rules • Full Version
1. Posts must be related to the discussion of digital piracy
2. Don't request invites, trade, sell, or self-promote
3. Don't request or link to specific pirated titles, including DMs
4. Don't submit low-quality posts, be entitled, or harass others
Loot, Pillage, & Plunder
📜 c/Piracy Wiki (Community Edition):
💰 Please help cover server costs.
 |
 |
|---|---|
| Ko-fi | Liberapay |
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I have noticed that healthy torrents stall when the ISP closes the port I was using in the end. Several torrent clients have the option to check if the port is open or closed, and also another option to randomize the port at startup.
QBittorrent and Transmission have an option to anonymize or have the data encrypted, and that seems to make a difference for me when downloading using my employers ISP.
I have a VPN, and I checks for ipleak's before I ever grab anything. I also have Qbit forced to go through my VPN. I am not sure how to do the Anonymous downloading
I will look into the tools section again
Does your VPN provider allow port forwarding? That's probably the answer to this. Forward a port through the VPN provider and set the qBit listening port to the same.
The seeders and leechers number is pulled from trackers (I think?) but doesn't accurately represent the numbers available to you unless you have port forwarding set up properly.
Edit: just my 2 cents if your provider doesn't offer port forwarding, I use AirVPN and it's excellent. Great speeds and it offers everything I need. My only complaint is that the website is confusing.
I use SurfShark