yes, Air staff is correct regarding port forwarding - my mistake to others who find this topic... AirVPN - go to your control panel and forward a port for both UDP and TCP - leave the fields blank and it will auto-pick a port make sure the port you use is NOT forwarded in your router there is no need to forward this port anywhere else (firewall, router, etc.) other than in the AirVPN control panel qBittorrent > tools > options > connections listening port - plug in the same port you forwarded on Air uncheck UPnP uncheck use different port on each start qBittorrent > tools > options > connections > connection limits global max = 100 connections per torrent = 50 (settings above suggested by Air staff) qBittorrent > tools > options > bittorrent > privacy enable DHT enable PeX qBittorrent > tools > options > advanced network interface = tun0 (on Linux anyway) - you may have to be connected to the VPN before the tun0 option is available if you change VPN servers, you may have to repeat the above step if you are unable to download also see: Do you allow p2p? How can I optimize performance of eMule and BitTorrent with AirVPN? - Sales - AirVPN (https://airvpn.org/faq/p2p/)