Setup TorGuard for port forwarding¶
Note
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As of 13 March Torguard Settles Piracy Lawsuit and has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to block BitTorrent traffic on its servers in the US using firewall technology. 
I Talked to several people and they are still able to use Torguard for Torrents, Perhaps because the connection is encrypted. And others just selected a server in another country.
Login to your Client area¶
Login to your Client Area.
Example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Create a user account¶
First we're going to create a User Account for your VPN so we won't need to use your main account that you use to login to your account on the Torguard site. This account will be used for authentication with your VPN Torrent client.
Services > My Services > Manage > Manage Credentials
Example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Create a new username and choose a secure password or create a random username and password.
Example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
How to get the IP of your VPN server¶
Now it's time to get the IP of your VPN server you're going to use from the Global VPN Network, From your Client Area.
Servers > Global VPN Network
Example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Global VPN Network¶
Then we're going to select which server we're going to use,
For the best speed it's recommended to choose the one nearest to your location.
Sometimes you get better speeds if you use one of your neighboring countries.
Let's use for this example: USA Miami and copy/paste the Hostname us-fl.secureconnect.me.
Important
Also check if your chosen server supports OpenVPN or Wireguard depending what you want to use.
Get your VPN IP¶
Open a cmd window or something equal and type:
ping us-fl.secureconnect.me
You will then get the IP of the server. Remember that for later use.
Example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
How to setup Port forwarding¶
Note
This section will consist of 2 parts depending if you want to use OVPN or WireGuard so make sure you choose your preferred VPN Tunnel type.
Port Forward Request¶
From your Client Area go to your My Services.
Then click on Manage and select Port Forward Request.
Services > My Services > Manage > Port Forward Request
Example - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
VPN Tunnel Type¶
Choose your preferred VPN Tunnel type.
OVPN Request Port Forward¶
OVPN Request Port Forward
- That's the
IPwe found earlier. - Select
UDP. - Select a
Port/AuthI personally use995|SHA1. - Select the
ProtocolTCP. - I suggest to use a high
Portnumber 10.000+ or a game port you don't use, don't use the default torrent ports 6881- 6889 (This is also the port you will use in your torrent client). - Click on the
+sign and do the same with theUDPProtocol. - Then click on
Submit Request.
If everything went according to plan you will see something like this.
You will also receive a e-mail with the ports you forwarded.
Note
Normally it doesn't take more then a few seconds/minutes to get the ports approved if it takes longer or you get PENDING I suggest to ping the server again (or choose another sever) and you often get a new IP and retry it again with the new IP.
WireGuard Request Port Forward¶
WireGuard Request Port Forward - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
- That's the
IPwe found earlier. - Select
UDP. ( KEEP THIS ON UDP FOR WireGuard ) - Select a
Port/Authand selectWireGuard. - Select the
ProtocolTCP. - I suggest to use a high
Portnumber 10.000+ or a game port you don't use, don't use the default torrent ports 6881- 6889 (This is also the port you will use in your torrent client). - Click on the
+sign and do the same with theUDPProtocol. - Then click on
Submit Request.
WARNING
DON'T CHANGE OPTION 2 UDP to TCP
If everything went according to plan you will see something like this.
You will also receive a e-mail with the ports you forwarded.
Note
Normally it doesn't take more then a few seconds/minutes to get the ports approved if it takes longer or you get PENDING I suggest to ping the server again (or choose another sever) and you often get a new IP and retry it again with the new IP.
How to create the config file¶
Note
This section will consist of 2 parts depending if you want to use OVPN or WireGuard so make sure you choose your preferred VPN Tunnel type.
From your Client Area go to your Config Generator.
Tools > Config Generator
Example Select Tools > Config Generator - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
Config Generator¶
Choose your preferred VPN Tunnel type.
OVPN Config Generator¶
OVPN Config Generator - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
- Keep this on
Default. - Choose
OpenVPN. - Choose the
IPwe got earlier and used for the port forwarding. - Choose
UDP. - Choose
995|SHA1or what you selected during the port forwarding. - Choose
AES-128-GCM. - Choose
2.4 and above. - Check
Require TLS 1.2 - Click on
Generate Config,
Now you will download a .conf file with a random number.
Rename the extension from *.conf to *.ovpn and copy it to your openvpn folder of your VPN torrent client.
WireGuard Config Generator¶
WireGuard Config Generator - [CLICK TO EXPAND]
- Choose
WireGuard. - Choose the
IPwe got earlier and used for the port forwarding. - Add your
VPN Username. - Only Change this if you know what you're doing
- Click on
Generate Config
Now you will download a .conf file with a random number.
Rename the file from *.conf to wg0.conf and copy it to your wireguard folder of your VPN torrent client.
Thanks:
A big Thanks to mrhotio for his excellent instructions on how to setup WireGuard for TorGuard.
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