• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Oh I see!

    • Without port forwarding, you are a passive node that can only interact with active nodes but not other passive nodes.
    • With port forwarding, you are an active node that can interact with everyone (active + passive).
    • Passive nodes can upload/download but from fewer peers (only active nodes)
    • Active nodes can upload/download but from everyone