Some questions

[thedude 0]

Hello all, I just signed up and need to get my head round some stuff.

So - my ip has changed (to the server I chose when logging in) and I can verify that by checking whatsmyip etc. What has me confused a little is that the IP that utorrent is using is different again.

This is being provided by the newly created network adapter connection that I presume was created when installing AIRVPN.

Is this normal? - Should I be setting something elsewhere.

I'm using Win7 Pro - utorrent . P&P router.

[Staff 9972]

Hello!

Thank you for your subscription.

The exit-IP address of the server you're connected to is the IP with which you are "visible" on the Internet. It is a static and shared IP. The IP address of the TUN interface (called TAP-Win32 Adapter v... in Windows) is the IP address that has been DHCP-assigned to your client inside the Virtual Private Network. The TUN interface is accessed by OpenVPN. For further information about VPN IP ranges: https://airvpn.org/specs

Your client is behind a p2p-friendly NAT which will allow several torrent clients to receive incoming connections. On top of that, you can also remotely forward ports (up to 20). Please see also https://airvpn.org/faq for further information. Remote port forwarding is necessary for any service that you wish to be reachable from the Internet and in particular to optimize the p2p performance of those clients who can't "punch" cone-NATs. eMule-like clients always need port forwarding to work fully.

In order to check against leaks of your torrent client, you can perform the test at the following website:

http://checkmytorrentip.com

Please remember, always, to launch any application that you want to be tunneled AFTER you have connected to the VPN.

Please consider to secure your connection against leaks in case of unexpected VPN disconnections as suggested in the welcome e-mail we send to premium subscribers. Just in case you used a non-existing e-mail address, you can find the instructions for several systems (Linux and any UNIX compliant system, Windows, *BSD and any *BSD-based OS like Mac OS X) on the permanent links of the announcement section of the forum (click on the link matching your OS).

Kind regards