frankl1n Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 I have a paid subscription to Nord VPN. Lately it has been slow as fcuk for torrents! I understand that my ISP can not tell exactly what I am doing when I am protected by VPN, but can they tell the traffic is P2P? Can my ISP see real IP? The reason I ask is because my torrents start out OK then degrade into a mind numbingly slow rate! I think my ISP knows it is P2P and then throttles it back...way back. This has become frustrating because I am accustomed to much better speeds for torrents and now I might as well not even try to use P2P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylence Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhjohns Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 My advice for what it's worth: Ditch the VPN Get a Seed Box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_online Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Deluge offers built-in encryption for people that aren't running a VPN. The advantage of encryption is it blocks 3rd parties (like your ISP) from reading your traffic or seeing that you're downloading torrents. This also stops them from throttling your torrents and may result in faster speeds. https://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 4 hours ago, frankl1n said: but can they tell the traffic is PTP? Can my ISP see real IP? With Nord no. Your traffic will be miss mash to your isp ..I would suggest to enable internet kill switch though just in case you loose connection which does happen ..Also don't think you just have to use p2p servers i always connect to Switzerland as they pretty much don't mind file sharing ..good luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmony78 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Use vpn over tor TorGuard Makes Torrenting Ultra-Secure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhjohns Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Remember the man in the mask stands out from the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankl1n Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 On 10/27/2019 at 10:00 PM, Reefa said: With Nord no. Your traffic will be miss mash to your isp ..I would suggest to enable internet kill switch though just in case you loose connection which does happen ..Also don't think you just have to use p2p servers i always connect to Switzerland as they pretty much don't mind file sharing ..good luck.. Yes kill switch is enabled and yes Ive noticed that many servers they offer will do P2P even that they are not listed as so. But still as of late my torrenting experience is very frustrating because speeds are soooooooooooooooo sloooooooooooooooow...next time I will try Switzerland On 10/27/2019 at 9:24 PM, brian_online said: Deluge offers built-in encryption for people that aren't running a VPN. The advantage of encryption is it blocks 3rd parties (like your ISP) from reading your traffic or seeing that you're downloading torrents. This also stops them from throttling your torrents and may result in faster speeds. https://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Download I will look into this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 10/28/2019 at 4:04 AM, dhjohns said: Remember the man in the mask stands out from the crowd. LOL not anymore.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Not only that i have been subbed with nord for about 3 years with no trouble at all..So i gave my my brother the tail end if you no what i mean however his download speed compared to mine are horrific like 2 Mbps mine 50 Mbps ..Contacted nord they didn't even have a clue why ..And he supposedly has higher speeds than me lol i don't get it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shadow Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 This is an older topic, but here are a couple of FACTS - YES - if interested, your internet provider CAN tell by the type of up/down traffic on your connection that you are torrenting without seeing what sites you are connected to or what you are downloading/uploading (even if they were to Think you are torrenting when you're not, it is their opinion that matters) ... NO! Neither You, NOR ANY SOFTWARE OR VPN can prevent them from throttling or blocking your connection if that is what they decide to do! Your provider (and their automatic connection monitor programs) has Complete Control over the Speed that They Allow on your connection, and NO THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE OR CAN HARDWARE CHANGE THAT FACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 25, 2019 Administrator Share Posted November 25, 2019 I suggest cutting the number of connection and peers your client tries to connect to. Worth trying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankl1n Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 hey guys thanks for the suggestions, I found the culprit, it was my torrent client. I switched to qBittorrent and all is fine. Speeds are very acceptable now for torrents. I was using uTorrent and for some reason could not attain good speeds. Topic title edited to reflect solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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