Thanks for the advice.  I'll have to do some more reading to understand all that well enough to try it myself, and get some cash together before I buy a computer that will support all that. I have a Dell 32 bit dinosaur (wallace kubuntu 14) and this computer (ladmo kubuntu 18 64 bit).  I have apache2 on wallace so I can share the occasional file with friends.  Instead of taking a short sound clip and making a video out of it so I can share it with friends on facebook, I just put it on wallace and give them the url.  I also keep copies of my pictures and music collection on wallace.  So I have /var/www/html on wallace and the user account on wallace mounted on ladmo via nfs.   I also have an ssh server on wallace so I can access it from ladmo and so I can transfer files between my phone and wallace via sftp.  I had wallace connected to the router via the 100 mbit nic built into it until Saturday when I found a gigabit nic in the cabinet where I keep boxes of parts. Good luck with your setup Michael.  I would suspect nobody knows what you're doing online except the CIA. :-) On 09/19/2018 10:34 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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