Issues with NordVPN & Transmission

[AJRobson]

First let me say I’m prety sure this won’t be a DietPi issue but I’ve only had it happen since I updated to version 9.

I have Nord VPN configured via dietpi-vpn, I’ve had a subscription for 2 or 3 years now and never had any issues, but now I’m getting really slow torrent speeds. Looking at Transmission I can see a message saying port 51413 is closed, this only happens when I connect to the VPN and this puts me in passive mode.

If I disconnect from the VPN all my torrents start and go at a fast speed, when I’m connected to the VPN 95% of them don’t do anything and the one’s that do download are going at a very slow speed <1mb

I’ve tried connecting to different servers but I still get the same issue.

I’ve done speed tests when connected to the VPN and I’m getting a great upload and download speed so it’s not a speed issue it’s just related to the port.

I can’t seem to find any info on this, I’m wondering if anyone else is using Transmission with a VPN and noticed the same issue?

Thank yo for any help!

[Jappe]

@AJRobson

51413

I just did a quick web search and found several topics and posts from different years which state, that Nord VPN does not do port forwarding.
https://github.com/haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn/issues/1375
https://www.reddit.com/r/nordvpn/comments/mj0y0v/linux_ports/
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/vpn/guides/nordvpn-for-torrenting/
Also other users reported bad transmission speeds with NordVPN.

Is it possible, that before the last update your torrent connections were not using the tunnel at all?

[AJRobson]

I’m sure it was using the VPN before, I’ve done a test they suggest a few times over the years where you download a torrent file and on a website it shows you a bunch of details about your connection so you can be sure it’s using the VPN and not showing my IP address.