" Tom Spark Reviews " / “vpntierlist” is what pointed me to torguard.
I want to do some casual torrenting and be safe about it… pretty basic.
I’m trying to be super through before I lock in with anyone for a couple years.
I have a plex PC/Server that I use for the torrents; I just want to torrent when sleeping and shut it off while a wake, or something to that effect.
But yeah, is this a good choice for the price? and or reasons not to go with it?
I’ve tested 4 or 5 of the most popular VPNs. Using a Mac and I run a plex server. TorGuard is the only one that remains stable with proper configuration. By far the fastest one I’ve used.
Been using the service for nearly two years and it works very well. The connection speeds are fast and the you can find a 50-55% discounted price if you look around. The support people are very knowledgeable and helpful too. They helped me get wireguard working with Unraid and qBittorent. I would highly recommend TorGuard.
Ahh ‘reviewers’, it’s ok, will do the job but nothing to write home about. Give it a test and see if it suites your needs and if not refund…
Lately I can’t even connect to it. Probably because of Russian censorship blocking VPN…
But isn’t the whole point of their services the circumvention of said censorship?
BTW, you can use code TT50 for 50% for life. 
Why not try it for a week and see for yourself? I suggest all my viewers to do the same.
-tom spark
if you dont need a dedicated streaming IP then its just gonna be $30 a year. You may be able to score some 2/3 year deal but I’m not sure it’ll be much cheaper and will just include extras you don’t currently need.
They recently started supporting wireguard as well, which I’ve been getting better speeds with.
My 2 cents would be setting up these 2 docker containers on a linux server:
There is very poor customer support, at least I feel that way. I have no response from my tickets in two full days, their phone number goes straight to voicemail, there is no other way to contact them.
I recently got a copyright Infringement notice while using Torguard VPN on both my browser and torrent client. Double checked both after the fact, and they were still both connected and actively working.
Not sure what happened, but no way I can trust Torguard anymore.
I’ve used Torguard for years too.
Cool. I got TorGuard last week. seems good… but not sure why wireguard wont work, any ideas?
Also, is there a way to have apps bypass torguard while it’s running? and or have only one app go through it?
I have plex and a game server that I don’t need VPNed
Why do you feel it’s so “average” ?
IMO… trying a VPN is like trying a condom; if it’s a bad one it’s already too late, free or not.
Okay, that’s not the entire picture, there’s also ease of use and speed to judge; but… like… that’s not a big deal to me, as long as it’s not painfully slow… I only care about if it works and if it’s affordable.
What’s a “docker”? and where would this server be located for this setup?
Is this with a vpn or an alternative?
Ok that kinda scares me lol, only explanation is have you done the thing where you set your torrent client to only be able to download when Torguard is on? There is a possibility it could have disconnected mid torrent (and I noticed Torguard been randomly disconnecting lately)
Ouch, what are yo uthinking of moving to? ProtonVPN seems good and works with torrents.
I couldn’t tell you about Wireguard, I use OpenVPN. I don’t even see an option for in My Account. Maybe it’s a certain package?
When I used PIA and others, they had ‘exceptions’ as a function, however it was spotty at best. Constantly breaking. I don’t have anything bypassed. Everything goes through the port forward (torguard sets this up for you). Plex has zero issues.
I’m sure you want your best speed for gaming, you might want to use the torguard browser client and a web based torrent. Plex doesn’t need to be behind a VPN and it is encrypted, but torrenting definitely needs it.
IMV It’s just another VPN service that’s out there among the hundreds with nothing special about them and charge you for things other’s give you in normal package through if your not after ‘add-ons’ forgot this point. Speeds in my area are just mediocre and if it isn’t simple support can jerk you around plus they love the waiting game.
In saying that there are worse vpns out there sure but don’t believe / buy anything cause a ‘reviewer’ says. Always test and research yourself.
Best thing would be try a couple out of your choosing an pick based on your wants/needs.
Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. This setup would be put in place on your pc/server and it would be self contained using a vpn. You can set it up using torguard with either openvpn or wireguard. You would be able to access this rtorrent client using rutorrent either through a browser or app on your local network or remotely if you wish to set that up. The benefit here is that your torrent client would only be able to function behind the vpn within the container so you wouldn’t have to worry about being exposed when the vpn disconnects. You can think of it as a virtual machine.
Both docker builds I posted are for Linux containers, so they would be best served to run through some type of Linux distro. I’d recommend trying out Ubuntu if you’re interested, either Ubuntu server or desktop variant would work fine. It has the most easy to follow guides to set everything up. Trying to run these on Windows would be a pain figuring out routing between the container and Windows.
Just using torguards vpn client and running gui torrent client like qbittorrent will work as well.
Not sure. I’d have to check.