Hello,
I am using qbittorrent for torrenting and my ISP has refused to open up firewall because of fucking “security” reasons. however I can still seed the torrent how is that possible? I mean all the incoming connections should be blocked right? isn’t it how firewall works?
Stop using your ISPs router and they’re not going to have much control over it.
no they have firewall enabled on their side so even if I use my own router it won’t do much.
Who says the ISP isn’t blocking ports via a firewall?
I thought it was common practice for ISPs to block certain ports for residential connections?
If the firewall just means no incoming connections, your computer can still reach out to the other side (if they open their port)
It sounds like everything is working, so… whats the issue?
VPN with port forwarding should work. No way your ISP can block that
Except that no good VPN does this anymore (I believe Mullvad was one of the last to pull the service and cited massive headaches due to CP violations). So if you find one that does, it’s most likely pretty sketch or just not that secure.
It’s a song and dance on macOS and Linux but yes they do: https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding-manual-setup/
