I’ve been struggling to get ratios over even 1.0, most are stuck in the low 0.10 - 0.20 range. I don’t seed off my gaming PC 24/7 because I don’t want a VPN on all the time, plus I turn it off at night.

So mainly wondering if anyone has tips on a good setup to keep the PC seeding overnight, I’m running linux mint currently. I also have a RaspPi but I understand they are not great for torrents?

Is there any good way to compartmentalize a VPN? I.e., use the VPN for qBitTorrent only, and use my regular network adapter for other stuff (games, browsers, whatever).

I’ve tried a seedbox in the past and they’re neat, but I’d rather avoid a subscription and just use my hardware. I’m using Private Internet Access VPN until my already paid for time is up in case that’s significant.

  • land@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Split tunnels? And your vpn is owned by a sketchy company watch out.

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      2 months ago

      Split tunnels sounds familiar and like what I want.

      I plan to switch to mullvad in the future, figure for low stakes stuff I can use up the rest of PIA for now. Thanks for the heads up though

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      2 months ago

      I guess I could’ve made that part a DDG search :) Thank you for the reminder, it does sound like exactly what I wanted on a little more research.

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        2 months ago

        It’s a pretty good feature. I usually use it for gaming. VPNs and online games don’t always get along. If you torrent a lot, Mullvad might not be the best choice because it doesn’t support port forwarding. IVPN, Proton VPN, and AirVPN are better options.

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          2 months ago

          Yep I was going to fire up a streaming site while torrenting last night, oxymoronic I know, and realized that Netflix or whatever would likely misbehave because of the VPN. Thanks for the other VPN suggestions

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            2 months ago

            If you’re a big torrenter, why not set up a media server? You’ll be amazed at how fast it downloads. My regular torrenting speed is only about 8mbps, but when I’m downloading a whole season of a series, it goes over 22mbps! With the media server automation, you can say goodbye to searching for media torrents. Everything you need is just a click away from a single app.

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    2 months ago

    I run a small PC (ProLian Gen10) with a power consumtion of 40W 24/7. What is your upload speed? Are the torrents you want to seed even wanted? If nobody needs to download them, you wont upload much. Does your VPN supports Port forwarding?

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      2 months ago

      A smaller dedicated PC has been something I’ve been considering, maybe a used laptop even?

      Not sure what upload speeds I’m getting but I do have high capacities. Also considering getting into private trackers because I’d like to be maintaining a high ratio.

      Sadly my situation is incompatible with port forwarding with any VPN.

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    2 months ago

    i have a raspberry pi 4 and it’s completely fine running 24/7 with torrents. Granted, with 3MB/s upload it’s currently hitting one core at 60% but I use Dietpi which has a nice utility to reduce the CPU priority on qbittorrent if another service needs it.

    Plus, you could set up a samba share, store your torrents on the shared drive, and copy them to your Main PC when you need em. Doesnt need to be sophisticated.