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 20 points 2 years 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

[–] Giu176@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

If you are using Linux I wrote a script just for that!

https://github.com/giu176/ProtonVPN-auto-NATPMP

I'm using it on my headless server and it worked fine for the last two months. Tell me if you need help in the setup (the Readme should be exhaustive).

[–] NeroC_Bass@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 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 7 points 2 years 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 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

In case you need a pointer, I had to do this recently too. I'm no docker expert, but this works for me 👌

***
version: '3'
services:
  gluetun:
   image: qmcgaw/gluetun:latest
   hostname: gluetun
   container_name: gluetun
   restart: always
   cap_add:
    - NET_ADMIN
   environment:
      - VPN_SERVICE_PROVIDER=custom
      - VPN_TYPE=wireguard
      - VPN_ENDPOINT_IP=
      - VPN_ENDPOINT_PORT=51820
      - VPN_PORT_FORWARDING=on
      - VPN_PORT_FORWARDING_PROVIDER=protonvpn
      - WIREGUARD_ADDRESSES=
      - WIREGUARD_PUBLIC_KEY=
      - WIREGUARD_PRIVATE_KEY=
   devices:
    - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
   ports:
    #Proton
    - 34803:34803/udp
    - 80:80
    #Gluetun
    - 8888:8888/tcp # HTTP proxy
    - 8388:8388/tcp # Shadowsocks
    - 8388:8388/udp # Shadowsocks
    - 8000:8000/tcp # HTTP Control Server
    - 8090:8090 # qBittorrent
   volumes:
    - /docker/appdata/gluetun:/gluetun

#QBITORRENT
  qbittorrent:
    image: linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
    container_name: qbittorrent
    network_mode: service:gluetun
    depends_on:
      gluetun:
        condition: service_healthy
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - WEBUI_PORT=8090
    volumes:  
      - /docker/appdata/qbitorrent:/config  
      - /data/torrents:/data/torrents
    restart: always

[–] plague_sapiens@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Just containerize/virtualize the shit and no split tunnel needed. Custom routes and fw rules can help too...

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] VHS@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

AFAIK, the port on your router is irrelevant as the VPN bypasses it. I'm not familiar with ProtonVPN, but with PIA you can get a forwarded port in the VPN app and specify that port in your P2P application. I use that method for Soulseek, but my qBittorrent works correctly in both directions without doing anything special.

[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years 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.