I never enable UPnP on routers because of security concerns when ports are open that I am not aware of and do not want open.

You do not need to set up port forwarding when traffic is going through a VPN tunnel. My understanding is that the NordVPN specialty P2P servers do the port forwarding when you are seeding. You should check the System Log (logread) for any problems.

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