# Questions and Answers

Here are some of the frequently asked questions and their corresponding answers. Chances are that you are probably looking for one of them.

What is port forwarding?

Computers that are behind a router cannot accept incoming connections, which can hurt their download speed. Port forwarding is a solution to this problem. If you have UPnP enabled router, use UPnP plugin to forward needed ports in few mouse clicks. Otherwise visit http://portforward.com to learn how to do this on your router.

What is the most common mistake of BitTorrent users?

Not seeding after they have finished downloading. It is important that peers with 100% of data keep torrent running for others to download. Share ratio of 1.0 is a minimum you should seed for every torrent you download.