Torrent/Open Port

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vroom

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#168458 14-Mar-2015 16:28

It appears you can't have an open port on Flip - so you can't Torrent is that right?

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#1259374 14-Mar-2015 16:47

You will still be able to download torrents but they will run slower. With the ports closed people wont be able to upload from you.

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#1259377 14-Mar-2015 16:52

Do you mean you can't add custom port forwarding to your router? Seems odd...

vroom

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#1259392 14-Mar-2015 16:53

Apparently it's Carrier Grade Network which seems to mean no open ports as far as I can tell.

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#1259394 14-Mar-2015 16:56

I'm guessing you mean Carrier Grade NAT...

vroom

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#1259396 14-Mar-2015 16:58

I'm guessing so!

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#1259399 14-Mar-2015 17:02

You will still be able to leach those Linux iso's. Unless you setup a tunnel, like an IPv6 toredo tunnel, you wont be able to seed.

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#1260014 16-Mar-2015 09:37

The CGNAT boxes are pretty smart and torrents upload and download without any issues. In testing I saw no discernible speed difference between public IP and the CGNAT speed wise in both upload and download. Any port that is opened due to downloading a chunk will stay open and be available for upload as well as long as your session is current. You won't be able to seed a torrent from scratch though if that's what you are after. Overall it "just works", a lot of (my) time was spent making sure the CGNAT is transparent for 99% of use cases.

http://support.flip.co.nz/entries/22143681-Will-port-forwarding-work-on-the-Flip-Network-

vroom

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#1260050 16-Mar-2015 10:05

I am a member of a book sharing site who are strict about reseeding so download times aren't really an issue as the files are pretty small but seeding is. Looks like there's no easy answer. Thanks though.

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#1260054 16-Mar-2015 10:13

Get yourself a VPN and bypass the CGNAT. I use Astrill, it works well, though I set up the VPN direct into windows not using their fairly poor software.