Ultimately, I only want to use Proton VPN for torrenting and seeding, while not using Proton VPN for browsing the internet, using Steam and Discord (essentially everything else).
I’m currently using Proton VPN for torrenting, but sadly it doesn’t support using a kill switch if I’m already using split tunneling. I read that NordVPN can use both simultaneously, but I’m not sure if this is actually true. Should I switch VPN so that I can use split tunneling and a kill switch together?
Essentially, I only want to use the VPN for torrenting, and it would be nice to be able to use a kill switch for the torrent if it loses connection.
Thank you.
Yes, in qbittorrent, bind it to the VPN interface.
oh okay, thank you. For some reason, I didn’t realize binding the torrent was effectively the same as a kill switch (or at least in terms of protecting my ip)
Sort of - its a kill switch specific to qbitorrent at that point, since the adapter isn’t working, qbittorrent won’t connect to anything. It will not impact anything else running though.
You could also make a container for the VPN connection, and have a qbitorrent container use the VPN containers networking, which would then leave other containers to make use of it as well. This is what I do, its a bit more complicated of a setup though.
Yeah that does seem a bit complicated, or at least confusing to me - I’m not sure what you mean by container.
Containers are little virtual machines (Docker, LXC, etc) that run a specific tool or group of tools.
Like having a little VM that Rand just qbitorrent, and you would access it via the webui rather than the desktop client.
Short version, dont worry about that for now, just bind your torrent client to the network interface of the VPN itself.