I’m brand new to torrenting and was looking to pirate some audiobooks off AudiobookBay. I followed the Wispy Docs Torrent Client Guide on VPN Binding Mullvad VPN with qBittorrent. (I know Mullvad isn’t ideal but I want to use up my pre-existing subscription.)
My concern is that in Mullvad’s BitTorrent guide (no longer maintained) they suggest the following additional changes:
- Enable anonymous mode.
- Disable DHT
- Disable PeX
- Disable Local peer discovery
- Select TCP as Peer connection protocol
I tried searching on Reddit if I should follow any of these settings changes but people were very unclear. Some said they’re outdated because “private trackers yada yada” (I’m new so am unfamiliar with the reasoning) but I’m not sure if that applies to my situation.
I already tested with torrent IP checkers and the binding seems to have worked. What else (if anything) should I be doing?
Maybe. The guide doesn’t really explain why they recommend disabling those options. There are valid reason to disabling or enabling them.
DHT & PeX make torrent more resilient, but some trackers don’t allow them so probably best to check the rules of your trackers.