problems with metadata and download speed

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Tuinlaaf

problems with metadata and download speed

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Hi, qbittorrent usually works just fine. However, now it has trouble downloading the metadata of a torrent file (it can hang for up to 30 mins) and after that the downloadspeed is just a few kb/s, dispite having plenty peers/seeds and no problems with my internet. I had this problem before and those times I could fix it by CClean my computer and a restart. This time that's not working. I"ve also uninstalled and reinstalled qbittorrent, but the issue remains. What is the problem?

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Olaf van Kooten
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Re: problems with metadata and download speed

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Your port forwarding is NOT okay. You need to open a static port to your PC from your router. Also if you use a software firewall, you MUST allow qBittorrent. You need to be an active, connectable peer to be able to use magnet links, to share properly, etc.
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