As a torrent seeder, does one's max upload speed affect their likelihood of connecting w/ leechers? I know about port forwarding and all that jazz, but suppose a leecher adds a torrent with 10 seeders—does the leecher's client give any sort of preferential treatment for seeders w/ faster connections or is it basically each seeder has an equal (in this case, 10%) chance of being the chosen one? In other words, do seeders w/ normie home internet connections have a disadvantage over those w/ the faster connections?

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[–] yaroto98@lemmy.org 8 points 2 days ago

I don't believe so. I'm fairly certain it'll connect to as many as your settings will allow. I connect to 40+ seeders fairly routinely.

Though there are other settings that will effect who connects to you or not. Encryption is one. Some leechers require the seeder sends an encrypted stream. Another is the port forwarding. If you don't have your port forwarding settings set up properly on your client and router then not as many will connect.

On the other hand if your home network upload is maxed out due to low cable/dsl upload speeds, that'l stop new connections too.