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qBittorrent network interface bind not working? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am using ProtonVPN, and have (or so I thought) set up qBittorrent to bind to the network interface that ProtonVPN is using (tun0). The connection symbol turns red if I turn off the VPN, and downloads will stop. However, when checking the torrent address on ipleak.net, it seems that this bind is not working properly - my real IP shows up after I have disconnected my VPN. I thought that there shouldn't be any connections made when traffic is not via the tun0 interface, so that my real IP should never be known by the detection tool. Am I wrong?

I have not configured the kill switch, but perhaps I should do so?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It is the "Torrent Address detection" magnet link I am using, and it is this that reveals my real IP when the VPN is disabled. The traffic in qBittorrent stops though.

EDIT: And as I mentioned in an earlier post, it works as intended if I open the client when not connected to the VPN. It is just if the client is running while I disconnect that this problem occurs, as far as I can tell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If that is indeed the case you should report this issue with as much detail as possible to the Proton team, because it seems like qBit is behaving propperly and there's some portion of Proton virtual adapter that is failing here.

I use Proton Vpn as well, but I have a custom wireguard interface & server switching script via their API that doesn't run into the same issue you're describing. So the issue must lie somewhere in the Linux GUI app.

Do you get the same issue if you try using an openvpn or wireguard config generated from logging into the proton vpn website? or maybe just from the CLI version of the app?