How to optimize/setup AirVPN and uTorrent for torrenting?

[tylerismisfit 0]

Hello All! So I just bought AirVPN and it is my first VPN ever so I am a bit confused and paranoid that everything is not set up and something might not work and I will end up getting a letter. Can someone help me out on setting AirVPN up and perhaps uTorrent? not sure if it is set up correctly. Thanks!

[SirJohnEh 6]

If all you want to use AirVPN for is torrenting then there is a setup howto available for that here.

 

If you're wanting to route all your internet traffic thru the vpn and you're connected and think you've set it up properly then the first sanity test you can do is go to https://airvpn.org and at the top of the page it will show you what IP address you're connecting from.  If there's a green check mark then you're connected thru the vpn.  If it's not green then you're not connected thru the vpn and you need to revisit your setup.

 

Good luck and welcome!

[coolville citizen 0]

If all you want to use AirVPN for is torrenting then there is a setup howto available for that here.

 

If you're wanting to route all your internet traffic thru the vpn and you're connected and think you've set it up properly then the first sanity test you can do is go to https://airvpn.org and at the top of the page it will show you what IP address you're connecting from.  If there's a green check mark then you're connected thru the vpn.  If it's not green then you're not connected thru the vpn and you need to revisit your setup.

 

Good luck and welcome!

How is anyone going to understand that guide?

 

It's not made for normal users at all, it's for superusers. 

 

I paid for this VPN just like everyone else, now why does it have to be so hard to follow the official guides, just because I'm not into computers?

 

I am getting minimum speeds with AirVPN connected and really fast without it connected.

[LZ1 672]

 

If all you want to use AirVPN for is torrenting then there is a setup howto available for that here.

 

If you're wanting to route all your internet traffic thru the vpn and you're connected and think you've set it up properly then the first sanity test you can do is go to https://airvpn.org and at the top of the page it will show you what IP address you're connecting from.  If there's a green check mark then you're connected thru the vpn.  If it's not green then you're not connected thru the vpn and you need to revisit your setup.

 

Good luck and welcome!

How is anyone going to understand that guide?

 

It's not made for normal users at all, it's for superusers. 

 

I paid for this VPN just like everyone else, now why does it have to be so hard to follow the official guides, just because I'm not into computers?

 

I am getting minimum speeds with AirVPN connected and really fast without it connected.

Hello!

 

Old thread this is.

 

Can you please specify which speeds you're referring to? As there's a difference between if it's torrenting or just regular use.

 

Assuming it's torrenting for instance, did you try port-forwarding?

 

Assuming it's regular use, did you try different protocols and location combinations? Eitherway, there's plenty of other posts and guides alike. You could start with the one in my signature, if you wish.

 

Your frustration is also understandable. Perhaps one can say that Air, for different reasons, attracts many techy users and therefore it goes hand in hand with the increased complexity for some topics.

 

But before we can help you, we need to know more about what you're trying to do, what you tried already and other details such as Eddie logs, if needed for troubleshooting.

 

Note also that the guide you're referring to, was written by a community member, NaDre, not Air Staff. If that makes it any less "official" for you.

[Shiver Me Whiskers 15]

Hello !

 

1)

Functional port forwarding is necessary for torrents to work properly.

Many users don't have it set up correctly, meaning if you also don't have it set up correctly you won't be able to connect to them... leaving only the overloaded connectable ones.

1a) To do so, first FIND a free port here in the Forwarding section: https://airvpn.org/ports/

1b) Then use that port in your client - in qBitTorrent - Tools -> Options -> Connection - Set PORT, and make sure you uncheck Use UPnP !!!! (not used for VPN!) and uncheck Use different ports... you want to keep the same port all the time!

 

2)

Speed depends on what are you torrenting - In general any "public" stuff is going to be slow or very slow. Some specialized private trackers however have users with high-speed connections, dedicated seedboxes (servers) and such, and they are interested in ever-increasing that precious ratio so they are not going to throttle their speed. If you get only 100kbps on some random TPB torrent, don't complain about VPN, it's not going to help

 

3)

Make sure Encryption is enabled in your client, even if VPN itself encrypts. If you don't have encryption enabled, it might be that your peers are being throttled, even if you're not !

Remember, this is a 'group dance', it's not just about your speed and your internet.

 

4)

Simply pick another server !

You might have chosen one which is closer to you, but perhaps your PEERS are somewhere else. Generally choosing a server in West Europe ( Netherlands, Germany, UK ) will result in the best speeds for torrents.

 

5)

Have a fast computer !

I've seen so many times that people complain about torrent speeds on a slow laptop with an extremely fragmented harddisk. You're giving that poor computer so much work it can't handle.

Use tools like Ccleaner to cleanup garbage files and Defraggler to keep it defragmented (skip this part for SSD's, but cleaning up files is still good !)

 

My torrent machine is a modern Quad-Core Intel overclocked @ 4Ghz with a Raid0 array of 2 HDD's as the "dump" (where things download). It can easily take 1gbps of speed (not available at my current location due to ISP limitations, but I had 1gbps internet before). Never had any problems with it not able to maintain a speed, even for huge tens-of-gigabytes torrents.

 

Hope these help

Yarr matey !