How to make sure transmission is using my vpn? (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by Rizoid@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I have transmission running on my server in a docker container that is supposed to go through gluetun. If I run test with ipleak and other torrent ip testers it shows my vpn's ip address. However transmission is running way faster download speeds than deluge or qbit were with the same configuration. It makes me wonder if all the traffic isn't going through the vpn somehow and I can't think of any other way to check things other than ipleak tests. I'm probably being over paranoid but a few months ago qbit leaked and I got a letter from my isp. I really don't need that happening again. Any help would be appreciated.

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[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 points 11 months ago

You could always go with an edge gateway routing policy. Set it up that the box running the torrents only has one path out to go through the tunnel.

[-] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 11 months ago

This is the way. I use OPNsense, and maintain an alias group of all the hosts I want directed to my VPN gateway server.

[-] Rizoid@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

I'm working on getting an opnsense client together but money is tight so this is definitely the route I'm going to go once I am able.

[-] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I hear you. Took me a while to put a little cash together for my setup too. I ended up keeping my eyes peeled on the ex-enterprise auction sites, and picked up for cheap a couple of HP DL360s.

Yes, I now have the problem on the other side of managing my power bills, but I'm nearly ready to add a battery to my solar setup, so hopefully that's not a problem for too much longer.

[-] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 2 points 11 months ago

Power draw can suck, my stack uses almost 1Kw, but it makes a nice white noise machine/space heater. Really if you're not getting too fancy a regular consumer router with VPN support can do the job at a fractuon of the power draw, but they lack a lot of options.

I've been tryining to switch to a virtualized firewall to take one box offline but OPn hasn't been playing nice with XCP-ng as far as not murdering the throughput and if a I'm going through the effort may as well get off pfSense at the same time.

[-] DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 points 11 months ago

I have mine sitting in my garage (currently saving for a rack to hold everything), so noise and heat aren't a major problem.

You're right re a consumer-grade router doing the same job, but my setup wasn't only about OPNsense. I spent many years running a low power setup - RasPis, etc - but then found I was frustrated by the lack of real grunt in the compute department. Plus I wanted to play with Proxmox.