FundMECFS ( FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years 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-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1166
arrow-up1166message-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 ( FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square96linkfedilink
minus-squarenutsack ( nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agowhy is port forwarding a premium feature? isn’t it just a setting on your router
minus-squaretacosanonymous ( tacosanonymous@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoBc $$$. My provider won’t allow it unless I pay them $15/mo extra. You can change the setting on your router anytime but it won’t work if your ISP doesn’t actually allow it.
minus-squarew00tsy ( w00tsy@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoLikely they don’t have enough IPs to go around
minus-squareKane ( kane@femboys.biz ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThere are providers that do not provide you your own IPv4 address, with a feature called “CGNAT”. Often, they will then block you from port-forwarding altogether.
why is port forwarding a premium feature? isn’t it just a setting on your router
Bc $$$.
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.
Likely they don’t have enough IPs to go around
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.