VPN Effect?
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@MrMazda said in VPN Effect?:
@raphjd This is correct..... PIA is something different. They're based in the United States if I recall correctly which can be considered a red flag. Now.... That being said, they do support port forwarding, however they will randomize the port on each connection, so every time you connect, you must change the port settings in your torrent client.
PrivateVPN on the other hand from https://privatevpn.com/ will do the same on all servers, however for some servers, they support port forwarding for ALL ports, so you don't have to keep changing settings in your torrent client every time you connect.
As for ExpressVPN, they do support port forwarding, however in order to take advantage of this, you must install the VPN service on your router and setup the port forwarding within the router. Not all routers support this option, and by the same token, not all routers that support a VPN connection support ExpressVPN. This potentially makes it more expensive by having to upgrade your home network equipment and get into way more complicated setup to get it going.
Thank you for taking the time to give me some sound advice regarding this. I'm so glad i asked about it. Maybe the above would serve others as a pinned thread somewhere here.
Also, thank you for helping me to decide upon PrivateVPN. I closed my subscription with NordVPN already. Although I don't really understand port forwarding (I did try to but is just way over my head), I accept that it's important for P2P sharing. My Utorrent seems to indicate that I'm forwarded already but I doubt it. What torrent software do you use?
I would likely go mad having to change port settings everytime I connect with PIA. May I assume that I won't have to do anything too technical in getting setup with PrivateVPN?
Am signing up with them now. Thank you so much for not making me feel stupid in asking so many questions. You are very kind.
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@IncubusAZ If you don't want to have to mess with port forwarding, you can choose any of the "Dedicated IP" servers in the PrivateVPN app. All of those servers will forward ALL ports so that the only thing you need to worry about is turning on the VPN and opening your torrent client.
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Funny I'm using the same VPN, but haven't had any issues. In terms of uploading, what makes the most difference is using a vpn server that's fast and not too busy. Sometimes I switch until I find a good, reliable and fast one. Hope that helps!
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I have been using ExpressVPN for a few years, never really paid attention to upload speeds, but download speeds seem good. Was reading about PrivateVPN (thanks everyone) and one advantage ExpressVPN has over it, seems to be this - from PrivateVPN's FAQ's:
+ What is connection guard on the PrivateVPN client?
Connection guard closes down select applications in the event of a VPN disconnection. After the VPN connection is reestablished, all the activities that were shut down come back to life. (only available for Windows version)ExpressVPN has an App for Linux, as well as others like MAC computers: When your ExpressVPN loses it's connection, it automatically stops any uploads and downloads (connections). Once Express re-establishes itself, it will then allow data to be transmitted again. My OS is Linux Mint Cinnamon, started with Ubuntu, but it bloated up, so switched around 8 years ago to Linux Mint Cinnamon & never looked back, LoL.
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@Apothos Hmmm. I have PrivateVPN set to shutdown Utorrent if it loses connection. But it doesn't reopen it once the connection is re-established. Will look into this. Thanks for pointing this out.
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Thank you everyone who helped me work this out. Am now happily using PrivateVPN and got a full refund from NordVPN because they renewed my account 2 weeks before the renewal date, which I did not authorize.
My ports are forwarded properly now using the tips on portforward.com. My upload speeds are as high as can be I think, which is about 500kb/s and my download speeds have exceeded the 30mb of my ISP plan.
Am so glad I asked the question here. And kept trying to understand the answers. Thanks again all of you that helped me.
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The only thing I'm left wondering about PrivatVPN is why the Los Angeles server is faster for me than Phoenix, which is much closer to my location. I guess distance isn't everything when it comes to server speeds.
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@IncubusAZ
If you have a plan that gives you 30Mb down you normally get 10Mb up. I accept that the up speed you achieve does depend on how fast the downloader at the other end is able to pull the data. Obviously there has to be someone downloading at all. I have a similar plan. On a reasonably well leeched torrent I routinely get 1 - 1.5 Mb and occasionally as much as 5Mb.So 500Kbs seems a little low to me. ISPs do throttle P2P traffic once the system spots the pattern, some quicker than others. This they do via the port you use which is why you should always set your torrent client to select a random port on start-up - and restart the client program from time to time.
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@nix54 said in VPN Effect?:
@IncubusAZ
If you have a plan that gives you 30Mb down you normally get 10Mb up. I accept that the up speed you achieve does depend on how fast the downloader at the other end is able to pull the data. Obviously there has to be someone downloading at all. I have a similar plan. On a reasonably well leeched torrent I routinely get 1 - 1.5 Mb and occasionally as much as 5Mb.So 500Kbs seems a little low to me. ISPs do throttle P2P traffic once the system spots the pattern, some quicker than others. This they do via the port you use which is why you should always set your torrent client to select a random port on start-up - and restart the client program from time to time.
Thanks for your reply. Am surprised to hear that 500kb is low. I use Utorrent and 500kb is midrange on the upload menu. 1000kbs is the max before you select "unlimited". I even have 2 DSL lines coming into my home. My ISP is CenturyLink which is our major provider here in the Southwest USA. Maybe I should look into switching? Still.... I'm very happy for all the advice here. My upload speed used to be 100kbs or less. Now that I have a better VPN and have my ports forwarded, my upload speed is the most it's ever been since I've been bit torrenting. As far as port selection: I set Utorrent to the port that I'm supposed to use for my VPN that is port forwarded. I wonder if I'm being throttled because I've been given several DMCA Copyright notices over the years. Yet my download speeds are often higher than the 30mb I'm paying for. Should I consider encrypting my torrents? Not sure how much of a load my hot CPU can handle.
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@MrMazda Ever since I've been using a VPN (CyberGhost), nothing has been uploading and my ratio keeps going down. Any idea how I fix this in qTorrent?
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@jbearx-0 This sounds like it may be a port forwarding issue. You need to make sure when using a VPN that it supports port forwarding. More specifically, the port your torrent client is using needs to be forwarded through the VPN to your computer. Looking at your profile, it seems that SOME traffic is still making it through to you.
