I use transmission-daemon as a server on the vm with the vpn, and connect to the server on port 9091 with a transmission-remote client on your local lan workstation. The vpn should override your default routing, and make sure to kill ipv6 as a sysctl too. I setup a dns for the local server ip running the transmission server, and make it available on a bridged interface to the rest of my lan. I use stickshift on my phone to manage/view them then. I usually run squid socks proxy on it too, using a proxy switcher on chrome as an extension to flip between on and off use out that connection as well. For extra credit, I setup unbound to do encrypted dns to cloudflare on it via some google tutorials, and I use zerotier as a link all my servers and clients into a local-ish lan vpn that I can access on cell, work, public wifi, wherever really. Check them out at zerotier.com. -mb On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 3:56 PM Jim wrote: > I finally got the vpn working, but I'm having trouble with bittorrent. So > far I've tried Deluge. The next time I have time to mess with it, I can try > another bittorrent client. Michael, which one do you use? > > On 09/18/2018 11:35 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > > How are you configuring the openvpn connection? Using PIA vpn, they give > you an openvpn file to connect with, or at least did last I set it up, and > otherwise should just need the package dependencies installed with openvpn. > > I'd say launch openvpn via the cli in debug to see what errors it's giving > with the ovpn file. > > Bridge or nat should be irrelevant, I've run mine both ways. You should > only need ports 1194 out to your VPN provider, you don't need to port > forward one back, and actually recommend you do NOT unless you're wanting > an openvpn server yourself to connect back to. Mine works fine out via NAT. > > -mb > > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 10:57 PM Jim wrote: > >> I decided to try a virtual machine for bittorrent. The host machine >> runs kubuntu 14.04 with 4GB RAM. I've installed virtualbox 5.2.18. The >> virtual machine is running lubuntu 18 and has 1GB RAM. The problem is >> with the vpn. I can't get openvpn or pptp to work. I configured them >> using the same instructions I did on the host machine. When I try to >> start a VPN connction(openvpn or pptp) on the guest machine, the icon >> appears to show it's trying to connect, then it just stops without >> offering any error message. In Virtualbox's settings for the guest >> machine under network, I chose attached to NAT. >> >> Any ideas what I should do different? >> >> thanks >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss