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So IVPN is also removing port forward. Who's next?

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[–] BabyDragon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can someone enlighten me to why people are port forwarding? Just wondering what everyone is doing that different from me.

[–] Pulp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

To be able to connect to someone, one of them needs to have a port forwarded. If you forward it, you can connect to everyone. If not, then you can only connect to those who have done it. This is especially a problem on almost dead torrents with a few or less peers only