IPv6. My stupid ISP actually shipped their router with all inbound ipv6 blocked with no way to unblock it, so I set up opnsense. Works like a charm!
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2025
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At least your stupid ISP has IPv6. Mine doesn't (yet).
Fair enough, I guess. Still, I was dumbstruck by lack of ability to open up a port.
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I'm very uneducated about this stuff. How does IPV6 fix that issue?
It doesn't fix it, per se, rather removes the need for layers of hacks such as nat and cg-nat. Every device gets a globally routable IP - no need to forward anything, just open the port you want.
This doesn't solve for VPNs no longer offering it though, unless the VPN services started offering pure v6 via tunnel at some point while I wasn't looking. I know I've never seen a v6 pier in the last few years since I started sailing again.
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As someone who has recently started seeding as much as I can, this is a great question to which I don't have the answer.
I am not renewing my Proton yearly subscription after it ends due to recent developments. They seem to be the only "big name" VPN with the port forwarding feature. I heard of OpenVPN, but have not had a chance to dig into it too much.
My ISP does not provide IPV6 support, so this will be pretty important to sort out soon.
OpenVPN is client/server software for setting up a VPN on your own infrastructure. It's not a third-party service like ProtonVPN.
Airvpn offers port forwarding
Aren't they located in Italy, the Shithole that keeps trying to outlaw all VPNs and/or force them to provide backdoors and identifiable customers? They can only be stopped so many times before they succeed...
Yeah it's a bit of a "for now" thing and worth keeping an eye on Italy. To their credit, they don't offer services in Italy itself anymore after the "privacy shield" bullshit because "it goes against their mission" (for what that's worth lol)
Afaik, there's not many other choices for port forwarding
Torguard looks very BT friendly but I've still got mullvad subscription left and haven't tried them. That and the branding / website just seem illegitimate though I've not found any legit criticisms.
I've been happily using Windscribe for a while now, they have port forwarding with a dedicated IP. Averaging out the separate charges, it's about $4 USD/month for a custom plan (1 location + unlimited data) + dedicated IP. Technically their Pro tier includes ephemeral port forwarding, but I don't like how it works.
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I've never had a problem with it in Spain. What is different where you live? CGNAT?
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It still works for now, but it would be neat if only the uploading part needed to go through a VPN since that's the bit you can get in trouble for.
Would need a way of obfuscating the uploaders and downloaders though.
Seedboxes?
Can't have 20+ tb in a seedbox at a reasonable price
Localhost NAS with large storage, Rclone to seedbox, synch, remove old content from seedbox
Source: I have 8TB rn and about to add more, this is how I use my seedbox and store shit
Only seeding new stuff that everyone else is also seeding is not good for torrenting in general, it will kill a lot of content that's more than a few years old and/or not completely mainstream.
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