I am using ProtonVPN, and have (or so I thought) set up qBittorrent to bind to the network interface that ProtonVPN is using (tun0). The connection symbol turns red if I turn off the VPN, and downloads will stop. However, when checking the torrent address on ipleak.net, it seems that this bind is not working properly - my real IP shows up after I have disconnected my VPN. I thought that there shouldn’t be any connections made when traffic is not via the tun0 interface, so that my real IP should never be known by the detection tool. Am I wrong?

I have not configured the kill switch, but perhaps I should do so?

  • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    That is what the interface bind is supposed to prevent, or at least that is what I thought it was supposed to prevent. To avoid IP leaks in case of a lost VPN connection. I wonder if I’ve misunderstood it, or misconfigured it or something else.

    • pbanj@lemmy.mlEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      You have some configuration wrong somewhere. It shouldnt connect to anything

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You’re correct that it’s supposed to prevent leaks. It shouldn’t fall back, though there may be a checkbox for that somewhere in the menu that you have accidentally ticked? I’m not near my computer at the moment, so I can’t just go digging in my own menus to verify.

      • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve tried staring with all my might at the different options in the hopes I might identify something. I did turn off the features suggested above in the comment field, but have still been unable to solve it.

        • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orgEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I don’t understand why that guy suggested turning off DHT and Local Peer Discovery. It shouldn’t matter…If you have the client bound to the VPN interface, then that should be that.