FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days 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-square110fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down15
arrow-up1169arrow-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 days agomessage-square110fedilink
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 hours agowhy is port forwarding a premium feature? isn’t it just a setting on your router
minus-squareKane@femboys.bizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 hours 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.
minus-squaretacosanonymous@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·13 hours agoBc $$$. My provider won’t allow it unless I pay them $15/mo extra. You can change the setting on your router anytime but it won’t work if your ISP doesn’t actually allow it.
why is port forwarding a premium feature? isn’t it just a setting on your router
There are providers that do not provide you your own IPv4 address, with a feature called “CGNAT”. Often, they will then block you from port-forwarding altogether.
that is wild, man
Bc $$$.
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.