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It works, but the number of peers and speeds decrease a lot. At least in my experience. I haven't deep knowledge on how the protocol works.
by Qem 5y ago
It works, but the number of peers and speeds decrease a lot. At least in my experience. I haven't deep knowledge on how the protocol works.
- Anunayj 5y agoPort forwarding will allow you to receive connections from clients that are themselves behind NATs, and would also allow you to participate in DHT which would allow you to discover clients faster. Though in ideal cases (ones with high active seeders), that isn't going to affect performance that much. Torrent can also use UDP hole punching, but that can sometimes be finnicky behind CGNATs
- louis-lau 5y agoCorrect. At least one side must have an open port. So if that's you you can peer with everyone instead of only people with open ports.