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Mullvad axing port forwarding, where to? (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm considering ProtonVPN to replace mullvad as they do have port forwarding for torrenting. I also did a quick search for VPN communities, but didn't find any. Maybe just not from my instance.

Just wondering if they'll end up axing port forwarding, if I pay for a extended length plan and then they axe the feature, I will have wasted quite a bit of money. At least with mullvad, it was monthly anyway, so not much to lose.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I use Proton and it pretty fast IMO even without port fowarding since I can't use it.

And it has special option that prevent tracking in the event of a warrant to get your IP and also a system to avoid streaming service blocking VPNs' addresses

My second point, if you're on Linux, don't expect all the options proposed. The Linux app is pretty bad for now. No port fowarding, no split tunneling. Just kill switch

They supposed to remake it eventually... but it's been a while

So I recommend it if your on windows or Mac.

With Linux it's usable but for the price, It's not good

That being said, you can apparently use openvpn app to use it with more options, but I hadn't have the time to try it yet.

The cli Proton is supposed to have more options but I couldn't make it work even by following the doc. I might be the problem on this one.

Edit: typo

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah thanks for the review, Linux is 100% relevant to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't used Proton, but they provide Wireguard configs which you should be able to use with anything that supports Wireguard (either on a Linux desktop, or on an open router like OpenWRT).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes of course. Configuration of port forwards and split tunnelling etc are outside the scope of wireguard though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah my bad, reading multiple threads at the moment and missed the context.