Which VPN for *arr services?
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xMidoxx22 · 2023-12-17 11:06

Hi,

another question from my side: which vpn are you all using for \*arr
services/it´s downloads?

I´m looking for a solution for only this single purpose - as main
remote connection vpn I´m using tailscale.

Thanks!

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Malossi167 · 2023-12-17 11:45

AirVPN and Proton are the only remaining trustworthy providers that
offer port forwarding.

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Private_Plan · 2023-12-17 12:04

Don't use VPN for *arr services, it'll result in captchas in most
websites which will break auto downloading.

Use the VPN only in your torrent client.

Proton is really good

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MarahSalamanca · 2023-12-17 13:25

Only exception being people with UK ISPs which will probably need
torrent for prowlarr too

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Phynness · 2023-12-17 13:54

Is TorGuard not trustworthy?

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DanieloAvicado · 2023-12-17 17:07

MulladVPN, bought with giftcards. No personal data at all required

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Phynness · 2023-12-17 18:59

No, mullvad dropped support for port forwarding back in like July.
Great product. Not great for torrenting.

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dcgog · 2023-12-17 20:45

I use a BitTorrent container running through Mullvad with a kill
switch and it works great

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Phynness · 2023-12-17 20:50

Cool story. Kill switches are garbage and mullvad doesn't support port
forwarding. 👍

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dcgog · 2023-12-17 21:02

But OP’s question is what vpn works for arrs. You’re saying Mullvad
doesn’t, I’m saying it works just fine.

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Phynness · 2023-12-17 21:14

>But OP’s question is what vpn works for arrs. You’re saying Mullvad
doesn’t, I’m saying it works just fine.

Sure, if by, "just fine" you mean, "objectively worse than other
options."

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dcgog · 2023-12-17 21:34

Why would I need port forwarding for torrenting?

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Phynness · 2023-12-17 21:37

Because you can only connect to peers if at least one of you is
connectable. If you're not, then you're relying on them being. If all
of the torrents you download have hundreds of seeders, you probably
won't notice. When you *do* notice it is when you try to download
something that only has a couple seeders, and you can't connect to
them because you're not connectable and neither are they.

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tcfjr · 2023-12-18 04:13

This is what I do.  My QBT docker container includes PIA as the
network interface, and it works well for me.