penguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前Ah yes, TempleOS, my favourite distrosh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square112linkfedilinkarrow-up1455arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1451arrow-down1imageAh yes, TempleOS, my favourite distrosh.itjust.workspenguin202124 (he/him)@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 个月前message-square112linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekadotuxlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 个月前Wireguard is a VPN protocol. I need port forwarding for efficient torrenting. Proton offers both OpenVPN and Wireguard protocols. Tailscale is not so good for torrents, I think.
minus-squareHappyTimeHarry@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-24 个月前Torrenting works fine without port forwarding, thats what trackers are for. Forwarding won’t make your downloads any faster.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 个月前Their forwarding might make your downloads faster.
minus-squareHappyTimeHarry@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 个月前You can just try it for yourself, use a VPN but dont do port forwarding and grab your favorite Linux iso, see if you notice a difference.
minus-squareShankShill@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 个月前If you don’t have port forwarding, you can only connect to peers that do. If you have port forwarding, there’s more potential peers to connect to. So yes it can make downloads faster.
minus-squareHappyTimeHarry@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 个月前That just isn’t true anymore, you can test for yourself.
Wireguard is a VPN protocol. I need port forwarding for efficient torrenting. Proton offers both OpenVPN and Wireguard protocols. Tailscale is not so good for torrents, I think.
Torrenting works fine without port forwarding, thats what trackers are for. Forwarding won’t make your downloads any faster.
Their forwarding might make your downloads faster.
That’s not what I’ve read on the subject.
You can just try it for yourself, use a VPN but dont do port forwarding and grab your favorite Linux iso, see if you notice a difference.
If you don’t have port forwarding, you can only connect to peers that do.
If you have port forwarding, there’s more potential peers to connect to. So yes it can make downloads faster.
That just isn’t true anymore, you can test for yourself.