Setup TorGuard for port forwarding

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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.

If the US server doesn't work for you use another country

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Source Torrentfreak.

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Login to your Client area

Login to your Client Area.

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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

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Create a new username and choose a secure password or create a random username and password.

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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

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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.

If the US server doesn't work for you use another country

Let's use for this example: USA Miami and copy/paste the Hostname us-fl.torguard.org.

Tip

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.torguard.org

You will then get the IP of the server. Remember that for later use.

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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

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VPN Tunnel Type

Choose your preferred VPN Tunnel type.

OVPN Request Port Forward

OVPN Request Port Forward

1. That's the IP we found earlier.
2. Select UDP.
3. Select a Port/Auth I personally use 995|SHA1.
4. Select the Protocol TCP.
5. I suggest to use a high Port number 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).
6. Click on the + sign and do the same with the UDP Protocol.
7. 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 show/hide]

1. That's the IP we found earlier.
2. Select UDP. ( KEEP THIS ON UDP FOR WireGuard )
3. Select a Port/Auth and select WireGuard.
4. Select the Protocol TCP.
5. I suggest to use a high Port number 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).
6. Click on the + sign and do the same with the UDP Protocol.
7. 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.

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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 show/hide]

Config Generator

Choose your preferred VPN Tunnel type.

OVPN Config Generator

OVPN Config Generator - [Click to show/hide]

1. Keep this on Default.
2. Choose OpenVPN.
3. Choose the IP we got earlier and used for the port forwarding.
4. Choose UDP.
5. Choose 995|SHA1 or what you selected during the port forwarding.
6. Choose AES-128-GCM.
7. Choose 2.4 and above.
8. Check Require TLS 1.2
9. 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 show/hide]

1. Choose WireGuard.
2. Choose the IP we got earlier and used for the port forwarding.
3. Add your VPN Username.
4. Only Change this if you know what you're doing
5. 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.

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Thanks:

A big Thanks to mrhotio for his excellent instructions on how to setup WireGuard for TorGuard.

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