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Offline 14mth4tt

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Utorrent not connecting
« on: December 29, 2014, 03:43:15 AM »
My info:
Mac 10.8.6 user using Utorrent 1.8.6

Connecting to Proxied-Netherlands with settings via bolehvpn.com utorrent tutorial:
        Socks5, 10.10.10.1, port: 1080
        Encryption: enabled
        Enable DHT
        Enable PEX
        Use proxy for hostname lookups
        Use proxy for peer to peer connections
        automaticaly map port (Using NAT-PMP or UPnP)

Used ip check tool to see if utorrent was using proxy, came back with Netherlands IP, therefore proxy successful in utorrent.

Results:

Torrents that normally are very fast w/o a vpn have great difficulty connecting resulting in:

DHT:waiting for announce...
Proxy connect error-connection closed by peer
Connection timed out.

Strangely, the ubuntu torrent went fast as well as torrents with TONS of peers(20,000+), torrents with less peers (examples: 100-1000) never seem to connect.


BolehVPN log:

Sun Dec 28 10:07:31 2014 Initialization Sequence Completed

disconnecting from the network...



Checking installed tap/tun driver...

Current MacVersion: 10.6

Update tap/tun driver permission...

Installing tap/tun driver...

Install tap/tun driver done.

Use port 44358 as management port

Sun Dec 28 10:17:36 2014 OpenVPN 2.3.3 x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [MH] [IPv6] built on Apr 25 2014

Sun Dec 28 10:17:36 2014 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts

Sun Dec 28 10:17:36 2014 WARNING: file '/Applications/BolehVPN.app/Contents/MacOS/cfg/OpenVPN/14mth4t.key' is group or others accessible

Sun Dec 28 10:17:36 2014 Control Channel Authentication: using '/Applications/BolehVPN.app/Contents/MacOS/cfg/OpenVPN/ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file

Sun Dec 28 10:17:36 2014 UDPv4 link local: [undef]

Sun Dec 28 10:17:36 2014 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]85.17.121.193:443

Sun Dec 28 10:17:38 2014 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]85.17.121.193:443

Sun Dec 28 10:17:40 2014 Opened utun device utun0

Sun Dec 28 10:17:40 2014 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0

Sun Dec 28 10:17:40 2014 /sbin/ifconfig utun0 delete

ifconfig:

ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR)

:

Can't assign requested address

Sun Dec 28 10:17:40 2014 NOTE: Tried to delete pre-existing tun/tap instance -- No Problem if failure

Sun Dec 28 10:17:40 2014 /sbin/ifconfig utun0 10.10.11.206 10.10.11.205 mtu 1500 netmask 255.255.255.255 up

Sun Dec 28 10:17:40 2014 /Applications/BolehVPN.app/Contents/MacOS/up.sh utun0 1500 1602 10.10.11.206 10.10.11.205 init

Retrieved name server(s) [ 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46 ] and SMB server(s) [ ] and using default domain name [ openvpn ]

DEBUG:

DEBUG: MAN_DNS_CONFIG = No such key

DEBUG: MAN_SMB_CONFIG = No such key

DEBUG:

DEBUG: CUR_DNS_CONFIG = <dictionary> { ServerAddresses : <array> { 192.168.1.1 } }

DEBUG: CUR_SMB_CONFIG = No such key

DEBUG:

DEBUG:

DEBUG: DYN_DNS_DN = openvpn; DYN_DNS_SA = 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46; DYN_DNS_SD =

DEBUG: DYN_SMB_NN = ; DYN_SMB_WG = ; DYN_SMB_WA =

DEBUG:

DEBUG: MAN_DNS_DN = ; MAN_DNS_SA = ; MAN_DNS_SD =
DEBUG: MAN_SMB_NN = ; MAN_SMB_WG = ; MAN_SMB_WA =

DEBUG:

DEBUG: CUR_DNS_DN = ; CUR_DNS_SA = 192.168.1.1; CUR_DNS_SD =

DEBUG: CUR_SMB_NN = ; CUR_SMB_WG = ; CUR_SMB_WA =

ServerAddresses were not aggregated because running on OS X 10.6 or higher

Setting search domains to 'openvpn' because running under OS X 10.6 or higher and the search domains were not set manually and 'Prepend domain name to search domains' was not selected

DEBUG:

DEBUG: FIN_DNS_DN = openvpn; FIN_DNS_SA = 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46; FIN_DNS_SD = openvpn

DEBUG: FIN_SMB_NN = ; FIN_SMB_WG = ; FIN_SMB_WA =

DEBUG: OS X 10.4-10.6, so will modify settings using only State:

DEBUG:

DEBUG: SKP_DNS = ; SKP_DNS_SA = ; SKP_DNS_SD = ; SKP_DNS_DN =

DEBUG: SKP_SETUP_DNS = #

DEBUG: SKP_SMB = #; SKP_SMB_NN = #; SKP_SMB_WG = #; SKP_SMB_WA = #

DEBUG:

DEBUG: Configuration changes:

DEBUG: ADD State: ServerAddresses 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46

DEBUG: ADD State: SearchDomains openvpn

DEBUG: ADD State: DomainName openvpn

DEBUG:

DEBUG: #ADD Setup: ServerAddresses 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46

DEBUG: #ADD Setup: SearchDomains openvpn

DEBUG: #ADD Setup: DomainName openvpn

DEBUG:

DEBUG: ##ADD State: NetBIOSName

DEBUG: ##ADD State: Workgroup

DEBUG: ##ADD State: WINSAddresses

DEBUG:

DEBUG: Pause for configuration changes to be propagated to State:/Network/Global/DNS and .../SMB

DEBUG:

DEBUG: Configurations as read back after changes:

DEBUG: State:/.../DNS = <dictionary> { ServerAddresses : <array> { 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46 } DomainName : openvpn SearchDomains : <array> { openvpn } }

DEBUG: State:/.../SMB = No such key

DEBUG:

DEBUG: Setup:/.../DNS = No such key

DEBUG: Setup:/.../SMB = No such key

DEBUG:

DEBUG: State:/Network/Global/DNS = <dictionary> { ServerAddresses : <array> { 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46 } DomainName : openvpn SearchDomains : <array> { openvpn } }

DEBUG: State:/Network/Global/SMB = No such key

DEBUG:

DEBUG: Expected by process-network-changes:

DEBUG: State:/Network/OpenVPN/DNS = <dictionary> { ServerAddresses : <array> { 95.85.9.86 31.220.27.46 } DomainName : openvpn SearchDomains : <array> { openvpn } }

DEBUG: State:/Network/OpenVPN/SMB = <dictionary> { TunnelblickNoSuchKey : true }

Saved the DNS and SMB configurations for later use

add net 10.10.10.1: gateway 10.10.11.205

Sun Dec 28 10:17:44 2014 Initialization Sequence Completed




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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2014, 09:29:02 AM »
Also, it appears that my utorrent is using the same IP address as appeard in my Bolehvpn gui listed under server ip address.

Also, all the torrents, some with excellent seed/peer ratios are showing: Seeds 0(0) Peers 0(1).

Tried about 20 different torrents tonight, only 1 connected and had decent speeds (50kb/s+).  Many had excellent seed/peer ratios for downloading.
« Last Edit: December 29, 2014, 12:41:42 PM by 14mth4tt »

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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2014, 12:06:11 PM »
bump

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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2014, 10:07:29 PM »
Does this occur on the other Proxied servers?

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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2015, 08:29:06 AM »
Sorry I got locked out because i forgot my password and had to contact support for that.

So i did some research on the various servers, here is what i found:
*All torrents i connected to were torrents with a very high number of seeders(1000's)/leechers and good ratios between them for downloading*

Proxied Switzerland Day 1: (At Friends House)
Seeds: was able to connect to 8 out of 7000
Peers: was able to connect to 1 out of 2000
Speed: 2MB/s
Connectability: 2 of 5 torrents connected, 3 did not

Proxied Netherlands:
Unable to connect to vpn server

xcloakproxy-tcp-canda:
Unable to connect to vpn server

xcloakrouted-tcp-france:
Connected to VPN quickly, but nothing worked including browsing or torrents

xcloakrouted-tcp-germany:
No torrents would connect.

surfsingstreaming-tcp-italy:
No torrents would connect.

fully routed tcp china:
No torrents would connect.

fully routed tcp germany:
Very poor connection to torrents maybe Seeds: 1(5000) connected
Speeds: - .1-.3kbps

Proxied Switzerland Day 2: (At Friends House)
Seeds: Connected to 4-8 out of 2700
peers: Connected to 1-3 out of 3000
Speed: 1mbps
Comment: Strange, initially utorrent showed red no connectivity light but was connecting to torrents and downloading at good speeds.  Overtime light turned green. 

Proxied All:
No torrents connected

fully routed tcp hong kong:
No torrents connected

Interestingly, i am getting much better connectivity at my friends house than mine.


It has nothing to do with my isp, because when i disable the vpn torrents go fast.

Utorrent seems to connect ok and speeds are fast enough as long as i'm on Switzerland and using torrents that have a TON of seeders with good ratios.  Yet most of the torrents I download have very few seeders (5-20), utorrent never seems to connect to these torrents.  It is rare that the speed will STAY high on a torrent with a good connection, often it will bounce around all over the place-usually on the very low side.  It seems as though my connection is being reject by peers, again just my opinion.

I have attached an image of my utorrent settings:

« Last Edit: January 06, 2015, 09:52:28 AM by 14mth4t »

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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2015, 08:04:07 AM »
So i decided to test utorrent with the Fully routed servers and disable proxy in utorrent.  Using an ipcheck site, the torrent reads my ip as the fully routed ip address, so is there any benefit to the increased security of using the proxy server with utorrent?  Im getting really nice speeds through the fully routed option with no proxy utilization. 

how much anonymity/security am I sacrificing?

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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2015, 01:32:47 AM »
In terms of security, both are using the same encryption. FullyRouted forces ALL your data through the VPN, this includes browser, games, messenger data and so on. If you're worried about the chance of your normal IP leaking in the event of your connection being lost, I recommend enabling Lockdown in the Settings tab of the BolehVPN client (If you use the FullyRouted servers).

Lockdown basically disables the default route on your computer and so forces all traffic, even LAN traffic, over the VPN.

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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2015, 06:56:40 AM »
I don't see the point of using the proxy then, also i do not have the "lockdown" feature in my mac client 1.2.2 which appears to be the latest version.

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Re: Utorrent not connecting
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2015, 06:34:36 PM »
With the proxy properly configured, your programs will be forced to use the VPN. In the event that the VPN connection is lost, they won't leak your normal IP as they're set to only connect through the VPN.

There's also the benefit of only sending a few programs through the VPN, so you can stream or game while torrenting.