please help debug my qbittorrent socks5 setup with nordvpn (imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bremen15@feddit.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I am struggling to get my proxy setup to work, as described here https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Proxy/1047410732/Proxy-setup-on-uTorrent.htm

I successfully got the nordvpn login and password, added it to the connection GUI of qbittorrent on my Debian gnu Linux machine, and applied the settings. I use the nl.socks.nordhold.net proxy server, and port 1080. But the final test with the magnet link from ipleak.net fails, and I never see the data from the magnet URL.

Does such a setup work for anyone else out there? How can I debug the setup?

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[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Try using the IP address of the NordVPN SOCK5 server, instead of the domain.

I had issues with using the domain name provided by Privado, and found switching to the IP address resolved them.

[-] bremen15@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

ok, i tried that (109.202.99.45) and it still does not work. The "retrieving metadata" progress animation keeps animating, and no info in the magnet link on the ipleak.net website shows up.

[-] uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunate. From here the best I can say is check the logs.

[-] bremen15@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

i dont see any socks5 or proxy related log messages. should I? if so, how can I enable them?

[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Consider containers. Gluetun makes it easy to establish a wireguard connection to Nord, then use qbittorrent docker on the network that glutun provides, same for all your *arrs. Safer, faster, self-contained. Connect your web-browser to gluetun's proxy. Just sayin'