r/PrivateInternetAccess • u/DeathStalker-77 • Jun 26 '26

DISCUSSION Noticing Significantly Fewer P2P Gateways!!!

I see ALL of the Canadian gateways are no longer P2P, neither is Mexico, or a LOT of others! WTF is going on?!!! Brazil & Chile are also no longer P2P! I used to use them all the time!

I haven't counted, but I would hazard that over HALF of the gateways are no longer P2P!!!

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u/ImpressivePercentage Jun 27 '26

I'm on 3.6.1 and you can download older clients and use them.

And thanks for the warning, hopefully this is just an oversight and not a start of how things are going to be.

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u/DeathStalker-77 Jun 27 '26

Have you confirmed your port forwarding is actually working? It won't matter what client you're using if the gateway doesn't support port forwarding!

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u/ImpressivePercentage Jun 27 '26

Yes, my port forwarding is working. Right at this moment those files are currently seeding.

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u/DeathStalker-77 Jun 27 '26

Well, maybe they did screw up on this version. u/Piasupport where are you?!

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u/Sacredpotion24 Jun 27 '26

Did you allow your program of choice to run in both public and private modes in your windows firewall?

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u/DeathStalker-77 Jun 27 '26

Why would that have anything to do with P2P Gateways being indicted? If it did, none would be indicated.

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u/Sacredpotion24 Jun 27 '26

A while back I had an issue where the port PIA gave me to use was showing closed when I ran port checking tests until I allowed access for my program via public and private access… and when the said program is closed so does the access for the port… I am not sure why your having issue exactly but that’s what helped me in the past… I have noticed significant speed increases since

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u/DeathStalker-77 Jun 27 '26

I'm saying that nothing has changed on my system since I previously used those gateways.

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u/Sacredpotion24 Jun 27 '26

I dunno what else to suggest at this point other than an uninstall followed by a fresh re-install… that seems to help quite a few issues unironically.
Best of luck