What torrent client should I use?
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@Aestet Absolutely. It costs a few pounds / euros / dollars, but it's only money. Seems like you have no choice anyway, as McAfee doesn't support you, but I gave up on ExpressVPN with about 18-20 months left on a 24m contract, mainly for the port forwarding.
You won't experience this, but I've been torrenting for ages without it, and having to really work on keeping my ratio up, and issues connecting to torrents with only one or two seeders. With port forwarding, I'm constantly seeding 15-20 torrents at my highest upload speed most of the time!
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so, I've got the proton installed. However, it seems like it's still not working??
Like now, the qbittorrent is telling me 'server can't be found' -
nvm! It's working, I put it on my home country instead and now it's working!
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@Aestet OK. Like McAfee, not every server supports P2P and port forwarding, but at least they tell you which ones do.
Launch the VPN, if you haven't already, and select a server that has the kinda "recycling arrows, next to (1). It doesn't have to be in the country you're in, but the closet that has it is probably best. The VPN may have already pre-selected hte fastest, so first check if that has the arrows.
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@Aestet Oh, cool. qB is working? with the VPN on? Major step forward.
Now we'll set up binding and port forwarding, OK?
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@Kevin4fm alr!
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@Aestet First "binding". Remember that setting you looked at earlier, under Tools > Preferences > Advanced? (1) Click the dropdown and look for "Proton0" ... o "Proton...." something. It might have named yours differently. Select that.
Then take a look at your options on the one below it - Optional IP (2). Is one of them an actual IP number? I can't remember what I did to find out mine, but if it's not there already, I can ask my AI. If there is a number, set it to that.
**Actually, I think I can now remember... that might be the second step in port forwarding. If there isn't a number, don't worry about it. Our next step should give us one.
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@aestet just make sure that you are connected to a P2P server and that you have a port number assigned to your connection like in this screenshot:
If you made changes to the network interface binding settings inside qbittorrent i advise you to revert back to allow it to bind to all networks.
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@ianfontinell Oooh. How did you get the map? I don't have that showing on mine, and I miss it from ExpressVPN.
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@Kevin4fm i didn't do anything at all, it is just there when the app launches, maybe it's because I'm on Windows.
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@ianfontinell Ah... yeah. I forget I'm now part of the "lesser" crowd. Roll on EU switch to Linux!
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@Kevin4fm Yes, I've done that!
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is there any promotions to test protonvpn for free?
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is there any promotions to test protonvpn for free?
Not that I'm aware of, but it might be worth looking at their site. They have their own AI offering, so it would be worth asking that. It should have a better idea of what's available than most!
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@Kevin4fm Yes, I've done that!
OK. Next is port forwarding. Ian has made me realise that as I'm using Linux, what you're seeing won't be identical to mine. But it should be close enough.
You probably need to first disconnect the VPN. Don't "close" it, just click on "Disconnect". Then go into the menu - hamburger bar (1) then turn on port forwarding (2). This MAY be where I got the IP address from. If one pops up, make a note of it, to enter into that Advanced" field I pointed to earlier.
Then close settings and reconnect the VPN. You should now see "Active Port: " then a number. Yes?
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sorry for the late reply, but I believe I've got it done! This was defo the easy part, but getting to this point was hell
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@Aestet Sorry back, was distracted. So qB downloading and seeding, and hidden behind your VPN. Perfect.
You need to put the "Active Port" number into qB:
When you reboot, you need to check the number in Proton matches the number in qB. They're liable to change when you reboot, though not definitely will.
One last test that's worth doing: While qB is working - preferably actually uploading or downloading something - disconnect the VPN. qB should stop what it's doing. It'll still be open, but with no activity. This tests the binding has worked, and that qB can only work while your VPN is connected.
Other opinions are also available. They're not right, obviously, but they are available.
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is there any promotions to test protonvpn for free?
They've got a 30-day money back policy, so if you try it and don't like it you can just get a refund anytime in the first month
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@Kevin4fm i totally forgot what a pain in the butt it is having to set a new port number inside qbitorrent every time you connect to the VPN.....
I made a program that does it automatically for me during windows startup.
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@ianfontinell My AI friend assures me there's a way to do it in Linux, but it's a bit of a pain. (My words, not Foan's.) I don't need to reboot often enough for me to start getting annoyed at the moment, but no doubt those days are not far off.
Maybe it's something you could share with @aestet? Though he'll likely need assistance with setting it up.
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