I already had a cyberghost sub, but decided to try to switch to something better for seeding.
I have tested ProtonVPN and PIA, but ended up refunding PIA as the port forwarding didn’t work once. ProtonVPN has worked maybe 5% of the time, and will likely be refunded as well.
Is there such a thing as a VPN that can consistently forward ports? I’m considering trying AirVPN next, but am hoping someone could confirm whether it works or not first. I’m also open to any other recommendations.
Thank you!
I would wait a bit on Proton. They are working on port forwarding on their Linux app. They have it working on their windows app.
Oh is it? Hmm they are active on Reddit. You might as well post a comment there. I’m sure they will sorry it out.
You can also download their OpenVPN configs that include port forwarding:
https://protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding-manual-setup/
I’ve been using this method for a while and it’s flawless. It doesn’t require their app at all.
IveI’ve recently moved to AirVPN and can confirm that port forwarding works nicely. Their UX is terrible, though, but the service so far seems good.
I ended up giving AirVPN a shot - seems like the best option I think. Easy to get openvpn or wireguard set up, and it works great with qbit. Having 5 ports is awesome, have 2 on each of my PCs and one on my phone.
My only issue is I can’t seem to get the port forwarding working with Nicotine+, for some reason it just won’t open the port like qbittorrent does. Downloading works fine, I just doubt anyone can see what I’m sharing
I found out about njal.la about 2 weeks ago, they give you one ipv4 and one ipv6 for €5 monthly, with all ports open.
No GUI though, they provide OpenVPN and Wireguard configs, which works fine for my server.
I think they only have their servers on Sweden IIRC, but at least in my experience the speeds with the Wireguard config have been great.
So far I don’t have any complains about them. Having all ports open makes setting it up on the torrent client really easy.
I will sing the praises of Windscribe until the day I die. Privacy respecting, affordable and great customer service. And yes, they offer port forwarding as well.
What’s your use case? Maybe you would be better off with Tailscale or something like that
I will be using qBittorrent and Nicotine+ i think.
What does Tailscale do? Seems like just another VPN at first glance
