P2P port forwarding with openWrt router

[Cr4ven 0]

I'm having some trouble getting port forwarding to work for by torrent client (I tried both Deluge on a Raspberry Pi and Transmission on the router). I have set up the incoming port in my torrent client to the same port as I've set in the client area on this website.

 

While running airVPN on my openWrt router:

-If port forwarding on router is off: port closed according to torrent client

-If port fowarding on router is on: port open according to client

 

However, on: https://airvpn.org/faq/p2p/ it says:

IMPORTANT: do NOT forward on your router the same ports you use on your Bittorrent or eMule client (or any other listening service) while connected to the VPN. Doing so exposes your system to correlation attacks and potentially causes uncencrypted packets to be sent outside the tunnel from your client.

 

So my understanding is that I should not open the port on the router, so how can I get this to work?

 

Thanks!

[go558a83nk 364]

I'm having some trouble getting port forwarding to work for by torrent client (I tried both Deluge on a Raspberry Pi and Transmission on the router). I have set up the incoming port in my torrent client to the same port as I've set in the client area on this website.

 

While running airVPN on my openWrt router:

-If port forwarding on router is off: port closed according to torrent client

-If port fowarding on router is on: port open according to client

 

However, on: https://airvpn.org/faq/p2p/ it says:

IMPORTANT: do NOT forward on your router the same ports you use on your Bittorrent or eMule client (or any other listening service) while connected to the VPN. Doing so exposes your system to correlation attacks and potentially causes uncencrypted packets to be sent outside the tunnel from your client.

 

So my understanding is that I should not open the port on the router, so how can I get this to work?

 

Thanks!

 

 

When running the openvpn client from the router you do forward ports on it.  See https://airvpn.org/topic/9270-how-to-forward-ports-in-dd-wrt-tomato-with-iptables/?hl=%2Bdd-wrt+%2Btomato+%2Bport+%2Bforward for details.

[Cr4ven 0]

Great, thanks!