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### note: does the VPN provider matter? ### note: does the VPN provider matter?
The VPN provider, if we don't take into account privacy, doesn't matter much as long as port forwarding is supported. Without port forwarding downloading torrents might still be possible but don't expect a good seeding/leeching ratio. The VPN provider, if we don't take into account privacy, doesn't matter much as long as port forwarding is supported. Without port forwarding downloading torrents might still be possible but don't expect a good seeding/leeching ratio.
For BitTorrent, the protocol behind, to work, at least one peer has to be an active node (have a publicly open port) and the goal of port forwarding is to have this publicly open port. With port forwarding enabled you increase the number of peers you can communicate with. And since more peers will be able to initiate a connection with you (passive nodes can always initiate a connection), you'll have a better seeding/leeching ratio. For BitTorrent, the protocol behind, to work, at least one peer has to be an active node (have a publicly open port) and the goal of port forwarding is to have this publicly open port. With port forwarding enabled you increase the number of peers you can communicate with. And since more peers will be able to initiate a connection with you (passive nodes can always initiate a connection), you'll have a better seeding/leeching ratio.
On less active or older torrents, port forwarding matters even more as if you end up in a situation where one peer has all the files, another peer wants to download them, but both have their ports closed, they won't be able to establish a connection between each-other and the second peer won't be able to download the torrent. On less active or older torrents, port forwarding matters even more as if you end up in a situation where one peer has all the files, another peer wants to download them, but both have their ports closed, they won't be able to establish a connection between each-other and the second peer won't be able to download the torrent.
*Even with closed ports, peers are still able to discover each other with the trackers, DHT (Distributed Hash Table) or PEX (Peer Exchange). Only the connection establishement part is affected.* *Even with closed ports, peers are still able to discover each other with the trackers, DHT (Distributed Hash Table) or PEX (Peer Exchange). Only the connection establishement part is affected.*
### note: Why is a VPN prefered when torrenting? ### note: Why is a VPN prefered when torrenting?