Mainly got into this because I wanted to try out the new isle of man tt sim. went to www.yasdl.com and found it. Installed all of the parts but however I attempt to open them (winrar, then extracting the files (winrar, then using ultraiso, then using the setup.exe within, it always says that it isnt a Freearc archive/it’s corrupt) am I missing something major? I don’t really understand how to use torrents either. Apologies

    • GroteStreet 🦘@aussie.zone
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      You can bind qB to your VPN connection, so that if the VPN fails qB would not attempt to use your unsecured line.
      (Sorry not in front of a PC right now. Don’t remember the exact settings page, but it’s a dropdown with a list of available connections on your computer)

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        I’ll take a look. I’m guessing there are no free p2p vpns? Don’t want to rush out and get a prepaid visa until I’m fully comfortable with everything. Would mainly be for games, and without access to steam achievements, I’m still on the fence about all of this.

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      Proton? Why are you using Proton? Does qBittorrent only have a Windows version? In that case don’t use qBittorrent, or if it has a Linux version (I assume you’re on Linux since you’re using Proton) get that one.

       

      If you’re on Linux, at least Arch Linux like me (but I assume most OSes will have it), you can use the transmission-qt package.

      There’s also a gtk version.

       

      Anyway I’ve never used a VPN for torrents and never had a problem, but it probably depends on where you live and your ISP. Also I should note that I don’t have a static IP address, which means every time I start my PC I’m getting a new IP, which probably doesn’t hurt.

      Though obviously the ISP always knows what my IP address is, so if they do have a problem with it then I would probably need to use a VPN.