I’m using Norton VPN and once it connects the download is stalled. I also tried methods of starting the VPN before opening QBittorrent, though it still stalls.
Can anyone help me try to solve this issue? Thanks
Hi man
Just found out with surfshark i needed to enable anonymous mode
Connection limits
Uncheck all of the boxes
full speed on all my torrents
hope this helps i am not using norten VPN
I tried Norton some time back, and every time I tried torrenting, they disconnected, because they don’t allow it.
I had the same problem with PIA and Qbittorent. I tracked it down to the tracker changing on me. I had to compare trackers with and without the VPN and update the selection.
I use qBittorent in a docker container, by way of a web interface, which is network bound to another container called Glueton, which sends all traffic through my VPN (which is Mullvad by the way)… The Glurtun container will not function without an active VPN, so qBittorent will stop if Glurton stops.
Other benefits of this arrangement.
Not hard to set up.
It’s aways on, just doing its thing.
Only the applications that I connect to this container are behind the VPN , leaving normal day to day activity unaffected.
Side note: I forgot to pay my VPN bill once, and I realized this because my containers had stopped. Oops. I put a notifier in place after that.
I will dm you when I get home tonight. I will help you get set up. If I forget, message. I stay up late. Are you already familiar with Docker?
Is this on Qbittorent?, to do these options?
The idea that surfshark requires you to enable anonymous mode terrifies me Oh.My.God.
So you just basically didn’t use a vpn if that were the case? I’m contemplating on maybe switching to like another vpn company or not now but I’ll see wait till anyone else has a somewhat good solution for now.
can you dm me on how to set it up please? I think i could try this ngl.
I’m not familiar with a docker, though I might use this method for future torrent downloads or such. But thanks for the help when you dm the method!
Sorry yes thats on Qbittorrent
If i may ask why? really just asking
Well, I found the tracker to bind to as described in the FAQ using a safe torrent. Not sure why it changed on me from one session to another, but I’ve been torrenting for years without binding, so I just went back to that.
Using an unbound VPN is safe enuf for me. I’ve been doing it for years and never got a letter.
Sorry one more thing make sure to use ipleak to make sure your torrents are routed via the VPN
Because the whole reason I want a VPN, that any of us on this subreddit do, is to not be reached, to exist online in a logless environment.
This comment demonstrates that the default for surfshark is not private and they are tracking your activity.
Ipleak? Sounds dodgy ngl, is it legit?
Edit: never mind just tried to see what it is just then dw about I said earlier thanks for the help, I’ll try this later and I hope it works. I’ll post a status update to see if it works
It’s not but it’s not the strongest test, binding is the most effective way. Follow the pinned post and run the test with the legal torrent Ipleak has a torrent tracker which is nifty but the bind test on this subreddit is much better. Good idea to do both if you’re new.
ipleak.net is run by AirVPN, the hacktivist pirate royalty of our bizarre patch of the ocean.
Another thing that can lead to stalls is not having a listening port, and that’s not possible with your VPN provider.
Awesome bud hope you come right
just tried it, and it doesn’t work, i’m not sure if its the vpn provider or not.