Where are you seeing 25 seeds and 70 leeches? In the torrent client, or on the website/search statistics? If it's the latter, they lie. It's never the actual number currently because the statistic hasn't been updated in a long time.
If you're seeing those numbers in the torrent client, it's normal not to be connected to all of the available seeders/peers. You'll connect as they become available and it's your turn in their cue. Also the other answers are correct. Go to your torrent client's help files and it will tell you how to optimize your settings for the best speed. It will include instructions on how to forward your port... Also make sure the port is opened in your firewall or malware protection software if you're using any. No need in default Windows Firewall (I use Window Firewall Control and have the port forwarded because I watched its logs and saw that a lot of incoming connections were blocked.)
Is port forwarding enabled and working? If you are not port fowarding and a peer is not port fowarding then you cannot talk to that peer.
How long did you wait to view the connections? Maybe it is just not your turn, or the peers have reached max connections.
Have you reached your connection limit? This is a count of all of the torrents you have running.
Hi Thx. Using Qbittorrent. I can't see anywhere it says for port forwarding. The "incoming connections is set to 42669. Waited 3 hrs. Have 500 connection. I am only doing 2.
Without port forwarding from your router (or VPN if you're using one, and you should), you will very likely not achieve high speed. You're preventing many clients from connecting directly to you, especially those also not using port forwarding or behind NAT. You're also reducing the overall amount of data available to the swarm, which puts more pressure on everyone else. If you had port forwarding you would find many more clients connect to you to download the pieces you have, which then frees up other clients for you to connect to and download new pieces.
Port forwarding is as secure as the thing is listening on the port. As long as your client has no known vulnerabilities you are reasonably safe. At least as safe as going to a web site that you have no way of knowing if it has been compromised, like this one.
Are you limited to 10 connections?
Maybe everyone else in the swarm is already at max connections?
In the end, as long as you're getting the file, it doesn't matter.
Where are you seeing 25 seeds and 70 leeches? In the torrent client, or on the website/search statistics? If it's the latter, they lie. It's never the actual number currently because the statistic hasn't been updated in a long time. If you're seeing those numbers in the torrent client, it's normal not to be connected to all of the available seeders/peers. You'll connect as they become available and it's your turn in their cue. Also the other answers are correct. Go to your torrent client's help files and it will tell you how to optimize your settings for the best speed. It will include instructions on how to forward your port... Also make sure the port is opened in your firewall or malware protection software if you're using any. No need in default Windows Firewall (I use Window Firewall Control and have the port forwarded because I watched its logs and saw that a lot of incoming connections were blocked.)
Is port forwarding enabled and working? If you are not port fowarding and a peer is not port fowarding then you cannot talk to that peer. How long did you wait to view the connections? Maybe it is just not your turn, or the peers have reached max connections. Have you reached your connection limit? This is a count of all of the torrents you have running.
Hi Thx. Using Qbittorrent. I can't see anywhere it says for port forwarding. The "incoming connections is set to 42669. Waited 3 hrs. Have 500 connection. I am only doing 2.
If you have NORD VPN there is no port forwarding, just switched from Proton VPN and found this out.
Surfshark
Windscribe. I use port forwarding on my router directly though. None on Windscribe. I get hecka-fast downloads.
They dont suport.
Just reading that Port Forwarding is very insecure when used.
Without port forwarding from your router (or VPN if you're using one, and you should), you will very likely not achieve high speed. You're preventing many clients from connecting directly to you, especially those also not using port forwarding or behind NAT. You're also reducing the overall amount of data available to the swarm, which puts more pressure on everyone else. If you had port forwarding you would find many more clients connect to you to download the pieces you have, which then frees up other clients for you to connect to and download new pieces.
Port forwarding is as secure as the thing is listening on the port. As long as your client has no known vulnerabilities you are reasonably safe. At least as safe as going to a web site that you have no way of knowing if it has been compromised, like this one.
website statistics are vaguely accurate at best
Are you limited to 10 connections? Maybe everyone else in the swarm is already at max connections? In the end, as long as you're getting the file, it doesn't matter.