but to say “However, mullvad does not allow torrenting because there is no port forwarding. Mullvad should not be on the list” is incorrect. (emphasis is mine)

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is exaggerated. I seeded 500gb in the last 3 days and I use mullvad.

Port forwarding is not a strict requirement. The reciever can have open ports, and even if not, NAT hole punching often works.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Can you explain how this works? My seeding is garbage and I'm not sure how to set it up to work better.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It shouldn’t need setup if you use a modern client.

My experience with seeding involves me having 80 or so semi popular torrents seeding 24/7. So that might be why. When my library was smaller or back when I opened my client only to download I barely seeded.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I use qbittorrent, and even popular or legitimate torrents get zero uploads.

[–] nullptr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

I was curious so looked at my qBittorrent stats. I've uploaded 378 TB in the last year.

[–] WanderingCat@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago

I have torrents have a great seed ratio and use mullvad

[–] propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Can someone explain this?

qBittorrent still shows my torrents as being seeded when not using port forwarding.

[–] SincerityIsCool@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

See my response to feebleneedle. No port forwarding limits connections

[–] propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Without port forwarding you can only connect to those who do have it set up.

Neither me nor my friend set up port forwarding and it still worked.

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

It worked because the other people you connected to opened up a port themselves.

Edit: In some cases the tracker can open up a port for the peers. See https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/18977148

[–] propitiouspanda@lemmy.cafe 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I was the only one seeding the torrent.

It seems like this would have something to do with the tracker that's included when making a torrent with qbittorrent, but I don't know much about that other than accepting the default and seeing it work.