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RBR20 VPN and torrents
So got this all setup. works exceptionally, except.... When I fire up a VPN service (NordVPN) torrents cease to work at all. Is there any workaround for this? Pretty much a dealbreaker for me.
Alrighty... got it working.
1) Changed my IP to manual and set it as 192.168.1.15 (just randomly chose 15).
2) Set up a custom port forward service (Advanced > Port Fowarding/Triggering > Add Service) for my IP with the following settings (I used the ports defined in my bitorrent client).
Service User: Single Address
IP:192.168.1.15
Service Type: TCP
Triggering Port: 11886
Connection Type: TCP/UDP
Starting Port: 11886
Ending Port: 11886The disappointing part was I talked to client services and the expert told me port forwarding would not fix my issue and that there was nothing that can be done. But here we are- some blood, sweat and tears later and I figured it out myself.
On another note, my Roku Express was struggling to connect to Orbi as well (slow and laggy). I created a guest network and it works well now. I figure the Roku box does't like 5Ghz, and is now working well on the dedicated 2.4Ghz guest network.
Hopefully the above helps someone else. I was ready to return it.
Firmware: 2.5.1.16, which is current latest.
Router is plugged directly into NBN box. Given I have 100% connectivity on all devices, I don't think the NBN box has anything to do with this. I also unplugged the entire Orbi setup (router, sattelites) and plugged my old TP Link router in and torrents work.
Security (Armour) is disabled.
Disney Circle? Can't see it anywhere, so I assume it's not enabled.
I am stumped. Activating VPN on a LAN device should open an encrypted tunnel through the entire internet to the VPN host, in this case one of the NordVPN servers which supports P2P file sharing. The tunnel goes through every router in the path, including the local router attached to the ISP modem. I cannot come up with a rationale which would explain torrents working through VPN with one router and not another. It's good that you can return it.
Yep, can't figure it out.
Have spent a few hours trying every configuration option.
Likely will just return it and get something else. Shame.
Alrighty... got it working.
1) Changed my IP to manual and set it as 192.168.1.15 (just randomly chose 15).
2) Set up a custom port forward service (Advanced > Port Fowarding/Triggering > Add Service) for my IP with the following settings (I used the ports defined in my bitorrent client).
Service User: Single Address
IP:192.168.1.15
Service Type: TCP
Triggering Port: 11886
Connection Type: TCP/UDP
Starting Port: 11886
Ending Port: 11886The disappointing part was I talked to client services and the expert told me port forwarding would not fix my issue and that there was nothing that can be done. But here we are- some blood, sweat and tears later and I figured it out myself.
On another note, my Roku Express was struggling to connect to Orbi as well (slow and laggy). I created a guest network and it works well now. I figure the Roku box does't like 5Ghz, and is now working well on the dedicated 2.4Ghz guest network.
Hopefully the above helps someone else. I was ready to return it.