Anyhow, the trick is to find out which one is used for your VPN service. So the first thing we need to do is to start up our VPN service and connect to it.
Now we need to open the command prompt terminal, so to do that we simply type;. This should open up the black terminal window. This will drop down a lot of text, that might be overwhelming for some, but fear not.
What is actually being printed is the most used information about your internet adapters. But what we want to look for is the line below that could be quite revealing.
Now remember the IPv4 address or write it down as we will need this now. Open up your uTorrent client. This is true, and can cause things to stop working! Remember that IPv4 Address you should remember or write down?
Nearly all free vpn providers fall into this category. Paid VPNs may ban torrents for a variety of reasons including:. Only someone on a hard-core netflix streaming binge will use more data capacity per hour than an active torrent session. It can also cause servers to go down, or server hosts to cut the VPN company off completely.
Many VPNs would prefer to have fewer customers but avoid that level of hassle. They will either block or cripple the speed of all torrents.
They will also often ban VPN accounts that choose to torrent anyway sometimes without a warning. Many mainstream VPN services frown on, or flat-out block torrents on their network. Most of these keep logs, which they will usually hand over if requested bad for privacy. Avast and every other major antivirus company now offers their own VPN service. Avast antivirus is already scanning all the files on your computer, do you want them reading your internet traffic too?
Furthermore, we generally dislike VPN companies owned by or partnered with Antivirus firms, as they tend offer less privacy and are more likely to actively datamine your connection and browsing. If price is an issue, choose one of these cheap options. You can still view the page using the wayback machine.
Also, this Frostwire thread notes that Tunnelbear specifically blocks torrent downloads. Hotspot Shield initially started as a free encrypted proxy browser extension. But in they closed up shop and shut down the website. Any VPN connections if they work at all can no longer be trusted. Also, their website is very unprofessionally designed, which is just another red flag that should make you think twice about trusting your privacy to them.
This includes services like: Cyberghost free version and Tunnelbear. Their terms and conditions expressly forbid P2P traffic, and their speeds are quite slow anyway. These logs will often be turned over with minimal resistance if someone requests them based on your torrent IP address. And P. Download the config files from www.
Check your IP via www. Ubuntu Community Ask! Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Asked 8 years, 2 months ago. Active 5 years, 3 months ago. Viewed 9k times. Braiam Did you try to set Proxy and Random Port greater than ? An initial troubleshooting step: are you sure this VPN connection allows torrents?
Have you downloaded torrents through this VPN before? Also make sure the torrent is extremely healthy, experiment with DHT on and off.
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