Hello,
I am using qbittorrent for torrenting and my ISP has refused to open up firewall because of fucking “security” reasons. however I can still seed the torrent how is that possible? I mean all the incoming connections should be blocked right? isn’t it how firewall works?
VPN with port forwarding should work. No way your ISP can block that
E.g. PIA
I’ve used this for years. Works great.
Except that no good VPN does this anymore (I believe Mullvad was one of the last to pull the service and cited massive headaches due to CP violations). So if you find one that does, it’s most likely pretty sketch or just not that secure.
There’s AirVPN
Can confirm AirVPN works
ProtonVPN?
Yes, ProtonVPN still provides port forwarding. They randomly assign you a single port every time you connect, so you’ll have to update the settings in qB occasionally, but it’s manageable.
Stop using your ISPs router and they’re not going to have much control over it.
no they have firewall enabled on their side so even if I use my own router it won’t do much.
That sounds weird and super invasive…where is this?
Ipv4 shortage lead to a lot of IPS adopting CG-NATs where they are sharing one exit IPv4 for multiple end users and that’s why opening a port on the end user side won’t do a thing as your just opening a port in the ISP Network and not to the Internet
Who says the ISP isn’t blocking ports via a firewall?
I thought it was common practice for ISPs to block certain ports for residential connections?
They will usually block port 25 so you can’t run a mail server. It’s unusual for an ISP to block everything unless you are on CGNAT.