Abyssmal download speeds with delugevpn and nordvpn

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I managed to route delugevpn through a nordvpn server but my top download speed is around 4Mbps.

My next step to try to increase the speed was to try this:https://www.reddit.com/r/unRAID/comments/t48ufr/how_to_get_containers_qbittorrent_sabnzbd_jackett/

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Is there a better and faster way? Could I use the inbuilt wireguard in unraid with a deluge or qBittorrent docker without a nordvpn subscription?

If so can someone please point me in the right direction?

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Also if I want to try vpn tunneling to access my server from the internet would there be any conflict or security concerns? First I would try the unraid.net My Servers way.

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I too had this issue. No matter what server I used it was so slow. Switched to PIA VPN and I have never looked back, speeds have been great. Also simpler to implement with Deluge.

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i had to change a setting in deluge itConfig in order to let my download speeds go above 2mb/s.

i believe (don’t quote me on this) that you have to disable UTP connections via the itConfig settings enable_outgoing_utp. i searched for delugevpn itconfig and found similar issues and solution

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Don’t have a solution for you, but I also use deluge through nordvpn and have horrible download speeds.

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I use mullvad and have always had great experiences with them

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I had a lot of intermittent issues with delugevpn; I switched to binhex-qbittorrentvpn and they all went away.

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Are you using OpenVPN over TCP? If so, you should try UDP instead.

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What did you end up doing? I’m in a similar situation. Not sure if its Nord VPN or Openvpn is the issue

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Mullvad is where it’s at. Insane speeds and $5 /month no matter what. No gimmicks, no sales, no increases, just always $5 /month.

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The problem (Probably) isn’t NordVPN, nor is it the container you’re using. The problem is likely that you’re configuring an OpenVPN connection which is pretty slow.

The best solution here, as you’ve alluded to, is to use a wireguard based VPN instead. The others here suggesting alternative VPN’s are trying to be helpful but unless those other providers offer wireguard support, you might find they make no difference. Find a decent VPN provider that offers wireguard and try them out.

Doing that, I went from 4-5MB/s to 30MB/s+ easily. Wireguard is just way more efficient.

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You can’t use Wireguard without some kind of VPN subscription for downloading.
I get great speeds with NordVPN using Nord Lynx set up on my PfSense router. Not sure if the VPN containers support Wireguard (NordLynx is just Nord’s name for Wireguard), but that’s the way to go if you want speed.
I only use torrents as a backup though. If you’re serious about downloading, go Usenet.

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Haven’t seen it mentioned or asked, but what does your hardware look like. OpenVPN uses your CPU for the encryption and decryption functionality of a VPN tunnel.

With your tunnel up and active, watch your CPU when you download something through that tunnel. You should see one thread maxing out (openvpn is still single threaded if I remember correctly).

The above is somewhat OBE if you are using wireguard.

Just a thought.

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I’ve been using both for years, the only time I ever had an issue was due to tcp, after dropping it down to udp vpn node it worked again fine (it only affected deluge docker)

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Transmissionvpn solved my issues. Deluge had horrible speeds, couldn’t find trackers, etc.

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Thank you for the reply. That might be my next course of action.

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This is the answer. I have never had a speed complaint with PIA.

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What are you doing with PIA? Mine sucks and I have the same issue as the OP with PIA maxes at around 4mbs with both deluge and qbit

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I’ll second this, but with mine I had to switch to wireguard on pia. That allowed me to get line speed downloads on torrents

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PIA VPN

What speeds to you get with PIA VPN?

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Id like to switch from OVPN to Wireguard and have wireguard active on my Unraid but I don’t know how to set it up for use with a docker in place of OVPN. Any tips?