Hi
Sorry this is another thread for VPN recommendations. I’m sorry to come up with this topic too, but I can’t find anything really good.
AirVPN Wireguard alternative with torrenting support (I don’t want Proton, otherwise I have too much products of them)
I was/am not satisfied with AirVPN. I have to restart the WG tunnel every day, I am often blocked by web sites, have too many captchas and the download speed is sometimes terrible.
I am an OpenWrt user and prefer WG over OpenVPN.
Thank you
These do not support port forwarding.
EDIT: Actually, except Proton but OP doesn’t want it.
@Kris Have you tried other VPN providers to see if you’re blocked by websites as often? The block often results from VPN servers being hosted in data centers which have different IPs then residential internet connections. Web sites hosting providers sometimes block these IPs. Alternatively, VPNs with support for port forwarding allow users to set up and make accessible from outsite different services like Tor exit nodes or servers that are used for illegal activities which may cause server IP to get blocked.
You could give Windscribe a shot. If you use it via their app you can set to the Wireguard protocol.
Whole reason why Mullvad dropped port forwarding is because of these issues.
Not wanting to rely on Proton or AirVPN is one thing, a prolific ahem Linux ISO downloader would need to bite the bullet on this usage case if high download speeds is a must.
You can still torrent with a non-port forwarding provider abide with slower speeds. But plenty of people have managed without port forwarding as long as they don’t mind that trade-off.
Thank you very much. Can you say more about this? I had big problems with ratio (I’m in a private torrent tracker) after my VPN provider stopped port forwarding. I couldn’t share enough anymore. Almost no one had downloaded from me / seeding was not good at all.
My (limited) understanding is that this is one of the exact situations in which being able to port forward matters most.
It’s not necessary to be able to forward a port to download a torrent (assuming other’s in the swarm do have port port forwarding enabled), but if you want others to be able to connect to you (an important aspect if your goal is a high ratio of seeding to leeching, or if your goal is the overall health of the network) then port forwarding is important.
@xe3 is correct. You cannot seed torrents, on your own, without port forwarding. @Kris There are alternatives such as using a seedbox or a debrid service that supports seeding. Torbox may be of interest here as it allows private payments (such as XMR) along with the option for the service to download and seed torrents for you.
Since it acts as a debrid service and has seedbox functionality, you may not need to torrent as much since you will have access to their cache of media. Which may help with alleviating reliance on private trackers and their aggressive ratio rules.
Thanks, but I don’t want a new subscription (monthly payments). I avoid subscriptions as much as possible.