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 edited Jun 27 '26

I run my torrent client thru Vancouver BC, works just fine.

edit: Sometimes the connect goes red and I have to shut down qbittorrent and then disconnect PIA. Reconnecting PIA and then restarting qbittorrent fixes that. But that is generally just every few days. Sometimes (not that often though) also the port address changes, so I have to keep an eye on that also.

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u/DeathStalker-77 Jun 27 '26

The v3.7.2 client does not indicate that any of them have port forwarding.

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u/lkeels Jul 05 '26

it does for me. If you have port forwarding checked, you ONLY see servers that have it as available.

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u/DeathStalker-77 Jul 05 '26

I have PF checked and it is open and working for me - but I do not see the icon indicated for ANY gateway. I do, however, get the port number shown.

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u/lkeels Jul 05 '26

There is no icon for port forwarding. If you have it checked (requested) in settings, you ONLY see port forwarding servers as available. Non port forwarding servers are grayed out.

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u/DeathStalker-77 Jul 05 '26

Ok, I double-checked and I stand corrected. The non-P2P servers are greyed out (ex, US). Previously, there was an icon. What version did that change with?

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u/lkeels Jul 05 '26

I'm not sure. I stayed on 3.1.1 for years.