Which is better to use: VPN on router or VPN client directly on PC?

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Hi, So i’m planning to use a VPN service, but have a few questions when torrenting:

Would it be best to setup my router to use the VPN connection or is it ok to just use my PC with my VPN client?

I live in a US state where certain sites are blocked already, which makes me want to change my router VPN to another US state as it would just be easier to web browse, buy stuff etc. without using a International VPN setting. So for downloading torrents, I ideally would like to just use my linux PC to another country ideally.

Would this be good? I just don’t want to hassle with switching my router settings when downloading vs…gaming or needing US sites for things I need.

Thanks

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Vpn on router is only good if you have a very beefy cpu in that router most router are very weak on this side

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There are websites that work poorly with VPN.

For example, I’ve had many connection errors on Craigslist, claiming “too many connections from this IP” and a few forums say “too much abuse from this IP”.

I like to be able to shut off my VPN.

So, I run it on my PC as well as my self hosted server.

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vpn on router, if router lets you set up a killswitch

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PC /phone app is just better imo, unless you have an easy way to toggle VPN on/off on the router. I keep my VPN on 24/7 but every once in a while I have to disable it to access something (a website, app, etc). It’s just one one tap on my phones nav bar, and one click on PC tray. Can’t imagine having to login to web portal and disabling VPN everytime.

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Sounds good. I’ll give that a try. One last dumb question: IF I decide to leave my router alone and just use my pc connection through VPN, that should be more than sufficient for torrenting I assume?

Thanks again for the help

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This is what “split tunneling” is for. I have my ProtonVPN set so that it only affects qbittorrent. Everything else bypasses the VPN.

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You can use a killswitch in either case, but the safest bet is making sure to bind qbit to the VPN LAN in advanced options.