private internet access port forwarding router

I leave the protocol alone, you can verify the hash of the torrent at any time so the need for the extra overhead of TCP is not needed, but I understand there can be errors and TCP is a bit slower, but verifies the integrity of each packet.I usually use and select the extended test, but looks good too. As of leaking IP address, I am usually more concerned that I am not leaking my DNS, because that will most likely leak to your ISP and they are usually not so friendly to the whole P2P thing.Oh course you would also have kill switch and start connection on startup. It will also stop the program from connecting if the computer restarts after updates and start qbittorrent up. Oh no my VPN is reconnecting.stop everything else!!! Telling qbittorrent to only use the PIA VPN virtual network adapter will prevent qbittorrent from any connections if the VPN is not active. Kill switch is a bit overkill in my option.There are vulnerabilities that allow the use of UPnP to route traffic through your router to obscure the attackers IP. How to disable UPnP? There are two ways, you can disable it just for qbittorrent in settings right under the listening port box, or you can disable it on your router.So I suppose I'd need to ensure that qBittorrent is disabled at start-up if I leave it on overnight and Windows decides to update while I'm asleep. How do you deal with Windows installing updates when you're not around and rebooting your system? PIA wouldn't be enabled at startup, but I think qBittorrent would re-open after startup from a 'saved state' or whatever you call it. I have to manually right click > exit PIA or re-activate PIA to restore my internet connection, so what's the difference? But I use Killswitch, doesn't it do the same thing? I know that with Killswitch, if I manually disconnect from PIA, my internet connection won't work which means my qBittorrent traffic dies. Ok, I renamed the TAP-Windows Adapter V9 to PIA and selected PIA from the drop down Network Interface list and restarted qBittorent. If the VPN connections fails qBittorrent will not leak your IP. You don't change 'Enabled protocol' from TCP and uTP to TCP? The only thing I change besides the port number is I disable UPnP (for security reasons). In qB click Tools / Options / Speed, if you're using Global Rate Limits do not set your Upload to anything lower than 1 Mb/s (122 KiB/s) otherwise that will negatively affect your download speeds.ġ.) Ok, so to confirm, you connect to a PIA port forwarding location > Get the 5 digit port forwarding number > qBittorrent Options > Connection > Enter that port forwarding number into 'Listening Port' > Port used for incoming connections.Ģ.) Double-check the port forward is working by going to & enter that same port number, if it is working correctly the website's test should be successful.(while in there do not enable the badly named 'Anonymous mode') Also make sure Encryption Mode is set to Prefer Encryption. In qB click Tools / Options / BitTorrent, make sure DHT & PeX are enabled.In qB click Tools / Options / Connection, change Enabled protocol to TCP (not 'TCP and uTP' or 'uTP').If you agree or have different suggestions, let me know.

I came across a three month old thread on here that recommended the following (below). Have some questions.ġ.) Is port forwarding via qBittorrent/PIA safe while torrenting? I've actually never used port forwarding before even for uTorrent although I know how to set it up.Ģ.) Is it worth-while using port forwarding over not using it? Has anyone ever conducted an experiment to determine whether you can connect to more seeds/peers?ģ.) Are there any other settings you guys can think of that I should tweak in qBitorrent to help with my torrenting?

Private internet access port forwarding router