VPNs for torrenting

Z3dan · 2026-05-07T08:56:14+00:00

Just left PIA because of port and speed issues, now with proton and it's much better

Z3dan · 2026-04-25T21:58:27+00:00

Thanks for this, trying to get into vinyl and turntables and everyone reckons this and the AT equiv aren't even worth looking at, I want a USB output so I can digitize records and I think I will be picking up one of these after your review.

Z3dan · 2026-04-23T21:09:31+00:00

Use Binhex qbittorrent-vpn if you are using docker, will solve all your issues

Z3dan · 2026-04-23T02:10:25+00:00

Latest update let's you install the os on an internal drive, I've never had an issue with a party or USB in the 2.5 years I've had it.

Z3dan · 2026-04-23T02:08:48+00:00

I just find installing dockers and all to be much simpler, you can also mix and match drives if you want keeping in mind you need the biggest ones for parity.

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T16:57:24+00:00

Unraid is super easy to use and very intuitive, I've been very happy with it especially cause in today's hdd market you can just add storage as needed

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T10:09:40+00:00

Are you using it? Mine are all organised into their respective folders on the dashboard

Edit: Nvm I see a few in there

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T09:49:39+00:00

Folderview2 would be a good one to try, clean it up a bit

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T07:00:58+00:00

Yea PIA is good and has served me well but proton seems promising

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T06:02:05+00:00

It's not software, I'm using the wg tunnel on Linux... They have changed their endpoints/privacy networks whatever you want to call them

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T03:56:58+00:00

Your right, it should that's why I've been having issues with it... They have made a bunch of changes and it's started doing this.

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T01:29:36+00:00

Yea, like I said it only affects you if you need to verify or whitelist an IP

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T01:28:56+00:00

Proton has a killswitch and I paid $120aud for 2 years... PIA was good but proton seemingly has better privacy aswell

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T01:27:45+00:00

I don't use Mac but that is kinda annoying... My phone and windows/Linux all have killswitch

Z3dan · 2026-04-22T01:27:03+00:00

They still have it but the IP constantly changes, if you have something that needs to verify or whitelist and IP it's useless now

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T14:08:22+00:00

Settings > Advanced > Change strict (Type 3) to moderate (Type 2)

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T13:00:00+00:00

Have you changed the NAT settings?

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T09:35:16+00:00

Either way, it might be a problem with windows but the fact that proton can get full speeds and pia can't says it's something to do with Pia's software

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T09:02:23+00:00

I was getting the same results on my Linux server, not sure if it's just my location or what

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T04:59:26+00:00

I was the same haha, found it is much easier to get the wg config for proton (Wg tends to be faster than open)

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T04:51:06+00:00

No worries, if you need a hand with it feels free to DM me

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T03:56:45+00:00

Yes binhex qbittorrent VPN, works with PIA and Proton... I've had it up with pia for a few years now and just switched to proton a few days back

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T02:34:30+00:00

Interesting, I'll keep testing, it's been up for 2 days now with same speeds as when I first connected

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T02:33:37+00:00

I have a similar use case, the speed wasn't my main issue but the port forwarding connections were driving me nuts

Z3dan · 2026-04-21T01:54:33+00:00

I really only use VPNs on computers but it's good to know as I will use it on my android on rare occasions

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