FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agoHow is the Piracy community adapting to port forwarding becoming a rarer premium feature, and most users on public trackers do not have it? Is the bitorrent protocol in need of update?message-squaremessage-square129fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow is the Piracy community adapting to port forwarding becoming a rarer premium feature, and most users on public trackers do not have it? Is the bitorrent protocol in need of update?FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square129fedilink
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agowhy is port forwarding a premium feature? isn’t it just a setting on your router
minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoBc $$$. My provider won’t allow it unless I pay them $15/mo extra. You can change the setting on your router anytime but it won’t work if your ISP doesn’t actually allow it.
minus-squareKane@femboys.bizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThere are providers that do not provide you your own IPv4 address, with a feature called “CGNAT”. Often, they will then block you from port-forwarding altogether.
why is port forwarding a premium feature? isn’t it just a setting on your router
Bc $$$.
My provider won’t allow it unless I pay them $15/mo extra.
You can change the setting on your router anytime but it won’t work if your ISP doesn’t actually allow it.
There are providers that do not provide you your own IPv4 address, with a feature called “CGNAT”. Often, they will then block you from port-forwarding altogether.
that is wild, man