Im getting back to dowloading Linux distros for the first time in over a decade…man have the times changed. I’m running qBittorrent with all the major repos including Jackett…but everything is downloading <10KiB/s?! Surely something is wrong, any ideas?
Edit: I am using a paid VPN
Make sure you are fully connectable (port forwarded). To check this you will want to test your torrent client’s incoming connection port with a 3rd party port test website e.g. https://www.canyouseeme.org/, https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/, https://portchecker.co/, etc. Those websites should be able to successfully connect to your torrent client’s incoming connections port. If the test fails then you need to look at adding an incoming port forward in your network router’s configuration.
Also make sure DHT/PEX is enabled in your torrent client (those are enabled by default).
PS - The above is if you’re not using a VPN/Proxy (you didn’t mention using one)… definitely don’t re-configure your router configuration if you intend to use a VPN/Proxy, all port forwarding needs to happen on the VPN/Proxy server in those cases.
I torrent with a VPN and without port forwarding and can saturate my 20Mbps up and 100Mbps of my 300Mbps down. I don’t think port forwarding is the issue.