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VPN and qBittorrent not playing nicely (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by NeroC_Bass@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I've been on and off been having issues connecting to seeds and peers for anything I download with qbit lately. I have ProtonVPN and I am connected to p2p servers, some torrents are stuck at 0(0) whereas some will be stuck at 0(2817).

I have made sure the port in qbit is set correctly and the interface device, along with opening the port on my router. Ultimately what seems to work is I have to change the port several times, change the interface to ethernet, then back to Proton, then a single download works. Any tips for a fellow pirate?

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[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 13 points 10 months ago

When using a VPN, your own router should not be involved in port forwarding. Proton must support port forwarding with p2p traffic, the specific VPN software you use must be setup to use Proton’s port forwarding, and your qbittorrent must be properly configured to use the correct port

[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

I'm in windows with SurfShark and qBittorrent. I sometimes have to close out qBittorrent and disconnect from the VPN. Sometimes that doesn't work and I have to reboot the laptop. That normally fixes the problem for me. I tried looking at the ports and forwarding and interfacing but those seemed to do nothing to fix my issue. I have a feeling that it is the network drivers and/or the hardware itself.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Idk man I just turn the vpn on and bind the net interface to proton

[–] NeroC_Bass@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not having to update the router port sure makes things easier, especially since Proton changes the port at times.

I believe I have found the issue, it appears split tunneling is broken right now. As soon as I disabled it, suddenly got seeds and was able to seed again. Shame split tunneling is not working again, as I need it off for local hosting certain games.

[–] CalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Docker is a cleaner solution for split tunneling. Container for the VPN (gluetun), and container for qbit bound to the VPN container for network access. You still need to manage the listening port when Proton changes it, but that's easy enough.

If you set it up right, it also doubles as a bulletproof killswitch since qbit can't see any other network.

[–] NeroC_Bass@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

This may be what I need to look into. Either this or virtualization. Thank you for the tip!