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What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2023 1:55 pm
by mushu
qBitTorrent 4.5.0 (64bit) on Windows 10
Is this normal or do I have something wrong in my settings or network? See screenshot for context. I have unlimited cap in settings for upload/download and the connection plug at the bottom is green. Why are there only 9 peers that I'm downloading from out of 2000? Even DHT shows over 300 nodes. Is this simply how the system works and I need to be happy I get anything (lol)?
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Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:25 pm
by Pepita
port forwarding
Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:22 pm
by mushu
Pepita wrote: Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:25 pm
port forwarding
Yes, I am port forwarding in my router. If I wasn't then it wouldn't be working, right? I also opened the port in my firewall, and again, it wouldn't work if I didn't have that. There is something I simply don't know about how this works I think because on the surface what I'm seeing is not logical. I'm guessing the vast majority of users simply don't care as long as they get their stuff...
/sad
Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:19 am
by ItWasSooted
Options > Connection > Connection Limits. What are these numbers?
Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 2:33 am
by mushu
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Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2023 3:41 am
by ItWasSooted
On the trackers tab on the main screen (bottom left). Confirm that the number of seeds and peers match the numbers of seeds and peers in brackets on the main screen.
This had been a bug for a long time, but was supposedly fixed in v4.5.0.
Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:28 pm
by HaldorD
Have you checked what port is registered at the tracker(s)? I have a similar problem that you have (not connectable) and discovered that the port i am using in both the qBittorrent client and in the router is registered as +1 that number at the tracker for some reason.
EXAMPLE:
Port used in client and router - 12345
Port registered at tracker - 12346
Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:55 pm
by mushu
HaldorD wrote: Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:28 pm
Have you checked what port is registered at the tracker(s)? I have a similar problem that you have (not connectable) and discovered that the port i am using in both the qBittorrent client and in the router is registered as +1 that number at the tracker for some reason.
EXAMPLE:
Port used in client and router - 12345
Port registered at tracker - 12346
I haven't researched how the torrent protocol uses ports internally but is it possible that that is by design, kind of like how FTP is "port 21" but also uses "port 20" for data internally?
Re: What am I doing wrong, 2000 seeds only 9 connections?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:56 am
by Peter
This is not a good swarm.
Peers are NOT seeds. Yes in theory everyone should seed but it's never like that. This looks like a public torrent swarm, or a fresh torrent on a private tracker. Meaning the seeders are pretty saturated. Each peer only has a set amount of upload speed, and upload slots. If those are taken, you simply won't connect to them.
There are other things too. They might not be able to connect to you for whatever reason (peerblock, ISP blocking your subnet, you blocking them, etc.)
HaldorD: that is very, very interesting. Are you sure about that? Most trackers don't show your IP/port for privacy reasons (if the tracker gets hijacked/hacked/taken down, they literally have everyone's data then.) You can check listen ports with this little tool:
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html