Ashby said:
@Grayer
Right now, I’m using AirVPN but there are other good options too. You can check out The FreeMediaHeckYeah wiki for a great list.
I was thinking about switching from Mullvad to AirVPN because of this. How do you find it, would you recommend AirVPN?
@Flynt
You’ll likely find that it isn’t going to be as fast as Mullvad. Before, I could get close to a gigabit with Mullvad (depending on the day, I have xfinity/comcast) and now with AirVPN, it’s about half that speed. Still fast, but noticeably slower. Also depends on which server you connect to.
By the way, my upload speed was fine. I’m also sure it would have been similar with Mullvad, but I recently changed my equipment, and now I consistently get 1 gig down and over 100 Mbps upload speed, which AirVPN can handle just fine.
@Ashby
That’s great to hear! Sounds like my own internet speed will be the limit. I’ll definitely try it for a month before I consider a long-term subscription!
@Ashby
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@Grayer
Ever since Mullvad dropped port forwarding, I switched to TorGuard and it’s been great.
Ashby said:
If your need for a public IP is to port forward for a service, then Mullvad will not work since they stopped allowing that. The same goes for torrenting.
Did Mullvad stop supporting torrents altogether?
@Crosby
Not exactly, but without port forwarding, you won’t be able to seed if the other peer doesn’t have it enabled as well.
Ashby said:
@Crosby
Not exactly, but without port forwarding, you won’t be able to seed if the other peer doesn’t have it enabled as well.
I’m glad to find this out now. I was actually thinking about switching to them but I will stick to my current provider.
Ashby said:
@Crosby
Not exactly, but without port forwarding, you won’t be able to seed if the other peer doesn’t have it enabled as well.
Can you explain this further? I use Mullvad for my torrents and have not had any issues with seeding.
@Ren
Well, not having a port forward to your torrent client doesn’t mean you can’t seed, but it certainly limits who you can seed to those who also have it forwarding. I believe BitTorrent can’t connect unless you have a public port (IPv4). So if you have many torrents seeding at once, you may have a lot of peers who don’t have a port forwarded.
@Ashby
µTP supports NAT traversal. If you use qBittorrent with UDP and enable µTP, change the Session\Port in qBittorrent.conf, and set up your firewalls right, you should be good to go on Mullvad. They’ll also support WireGuard.
Pace said:
AirVPN.
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Pace said:
AirVPN.
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I’ve got a 400Mbps connection and have found AirVPN to work well for me. I grabbed the 3-year plan for 65 EUR which is quite cheap.
Also, AirVPN is the only VPN that has worked for me, making it easy to seed and use private trackers.
To connect to services at home, I use Tailscale and funnel for Plex, so I don’t need to VPN for that.
When I travel and need to use Indian banking or UPI apps, I connect with teleport VPN on my Ubiquiti Dream Machine. That lets me access everything as if I was home. It also serves as a backup if Tailscale fails.
AirVPN has a great feature for port forwarding allowing up to 20 ports, which is handy for many needs (not just sharing files). If you’re hoping to seed torrents, this is a must-have feature.
Quince said:
AirVPN has a great feature for port forwarding allowing up to 20 ports, which is handy for many needs (not just sharing files). If you’re hoping to seed torrents, this is a must-have feature.
20 ports for those who joined long ago, but I think new users can only use 5 ports now. Still a good option overall.
I don’t use a VPN, I run a Linode VPS close to my 5G connection that operates a WireGuard node. I also have Pi-hole and Unbound along with Nginx for local DNS. I route all data through the WireGuard tunnel on the VPS.
I have a Quectel 5G modem and an antenna to boost the signal aimed at the nearest tower. I started this setup to escape CGNAT and to port forward without being affected by video bandwidth caps.
Zoran said:
Used Mullvad until they killed port forwarding, now using ProtonVPN instead.
I did the same switch. Mullvad is still great but Proton works just as well for my needs.
Been using PIA since Mullvad removed port forwarding.
Used Mullvad until they killed port forwarding, now using ProtonVPN instead.
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