• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    You lost me in that middle part. Are there any further resources I can read to understand this better?

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        1 year 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