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Can anyone recommend a VPN that has working port forwarding?

I already had a cyberghost sub, but decided to try to switch to something better for seeding.

I have tested ProtonVPN and PIA, but ended up refunding PIA as the port forwarding didn’t work once. ProtonVPN has worked maybe 5% of the time, and will likely be refunded as well.

Is there such a thing as a VPN that can consistently forward ports? I’m considering trying AirVPN next, but am hoping someone could confirm whether it works or not first. I’m also open to any other recommendations.

Thank you!

dendarion ,

www.azirevpn.com seems like a decent candidate. Haven’t tried it myself yet

toxictenement ,
@toxictenement@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

The really cool thing about airvpn imo is that it has dynamic dns built in, so you can have a relatively stable url to connect to any service you’re hosting, like jellyfin or qbittorrent webui to connect to from outside your lan.

Cannizzaro ,

Try torguard.

liliumstar ,

I’ve had a great experience with ovpn after Mullvad shut down port forwarding. You get 7 ports per account and the server I use is very fast. You can also purchase a public IPv4 with all ports open if you like.

Before ovpn I tried AirVPN. It’s a great service, but their servers are too busy/slow if you need a lot of bandwidth.

amanneedsamaid ,

Torguard. Great Linux client, great speeds, great port forwarding support.

radau ,

AirVPN, for over a decade and they’ve kept my ports the whole time

adamnejm ,
@adamnejm@programming.dev avatar

UI? Horrendous.
VPN? Terrific.

radau ,

Yeah I never used their UI I just add the ones I use to networkmanager so its a little more integrated to my OS

CraigeryTheKid ,

How did PIA fail? It showed a forwarded port but didn’t work, or it wouldn’t show a port?

If the latter, I had the same problem at first but it was a simple matter of changing servers. Not all their servers support it. After changing it appeared to have no issues and showed a forwarded port that I then used in qbittorrent.

criitz ,

I thought PIA was bought by Kape and therefore no longer trustworthy

CraigeryTheKid ,

as far as I could tell/search in 15 minutes, everyone was mad when they got bought by kape, but not seeing any evidence of decline in services by PIA. I have been using them for 4 years without a single issue.

that said - I am going to buy into the Proton package for drive & email, which gives me VPN “for free”. meaning I was going to switch to ProtonVPN anyway, but from a consolidation/cost savings standpoint.

criitz ,

It’s not just about seeing a decline in service. It’s about the potential for the owners to betray your privacy for the highest bidder at any given point

_thebrain_ ,

Airvpn has been flawless for me even if they aren’t the fastest. Wireguard has been very stable with them, and they are very configurable on their web interface. Plus the staff is very very helpful if you need it. My Seedboxes are on 24/7 and I am not racing with them, everything is long term. I can still hit 50mbps upload but it is rare.

Edit: I use to espouse PIA but they mad a bunch of changes and I couldn’t script requesting a port any more. With airvpn you choose what ports you want on the website, assign them to a profile, and when you connect with that profile the port is automatically forwarded to your IP… no need to request a port and your selectes ports never change which makes configuring your app a lot simpler.

storm ,

TorGuard

kid4today ,
@kid4today@feddit.uk avatar

I’ve been using airvpn for 5 years or so and can confirm the port forwarding works for me.

I had trouble with their vpn client app (eddy or Eddie I think it’s called) so I just switched to the OpenVPN client and have had zero problems since then.

datavoid OP ,

is OpenVPN the only reliable way? WireGuard seems like a better choice

kid4today ,
@kid4today@feddit.uk avatar

I tried a couple of others and they both worked fine, I just stuck with openvpn. Eddie was the only one I had trouble with.

Haven’t tried wireguard so can’t comment on that but I suspect it will work just fine.

datavoid OP ,

Think wireguard and openVPN are two opposing protocols, wireguard being newer, faster, and apparently less reliable

Froghut ,

I’m using AirVPN with wireguard since a few months now and everything works perfectly, including port forwarding. Can 100% recommend!

Gargari ,

IVPN

blah ,

Not anymore ivpn.net/…/gradual-removal-of-port-forwarding/

miracleorange ,

They’re removing it iirc

LibsEatPoop ,

Maybe I’m being a total noob, but I thought Proton’s P2P servers were enough? Is port-forwarding on Proton or others different from that?

wallguy22 ,

The P2P servers on protonvpn are good for downloading but seeding doesn’t really work for whatever reason

pineapplelover ,

Interesting, I’ve been seeding with no problems

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    datavoid OP ,

    They removed port forwarding i believe (or are planning to at least)

    brickfrog ,

    Not anymore

    mullvad.net/…/removing-the-support-for-forwarded-…

    u202307011927 ,
    @u202307011927@feddit.de avatar

    Vouch for mullvad. Best VPN for years in my opinion!

    I just read the other comments

    frankfurt_schoolgirl ,

    What’s your use case? Maybe you would be better off with Tailscale or something like that

    datavoid OP ,

    I will be using qBittorrent and Nicotine+ i think.

    What does Tailscale do? Seems like just another VPN at first glance

    frankfurt_schoolgirl ,

    It creates a flat network between all of your devices anywhere, so if you have a home server that you want to connect to from elsewhere you can do that without port forwards.

    Dirk_Darkly ,

    I will sing the praises of Windscribe until the day I die. Privacy respecting, affordable and great customer service. And yes, they offer port forwarding as well.

    max2078 ,

    For some old customers they currently offer a $10 annual subscription including port forwarding, that’s just insanely cheap.

    Grandsinge ,

    Yep, been using them for ~8 years. Never had a reason to use anything else.

    rockhandle ,
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    their free tier is really nice too, if you’re ok with a monthly usage limit

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