Using VPN for ONLY torrent traffic and nothing else

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Hello everyone, not sure if there is a real solution to this problem as I have searched extensively and found that pretty much the only option is virtualization but I guess I’ll ask anyways.

I am in post-secondary and I access my schools network for syncing a OneDrive folder and logging in to a web portal etc. The issue I have is that their network auto flags VPN traffic and resets my account password which is a pain in the ass to reset. I am using Mullvad and split tunneling doesn’t seem to work that great especially when I have to use some Windows apps that use my login info so I keep getting flagged unless I turn the whole VPN off while I access their services.

Meanwhile, I have torrents I want to seed so I just want to route only qBittorrent through the VPN and nothing else as to avoid having to turn Mullvad on and off as needed.

I am wondering if such a thing is possible or not without having to set up a virtual machine or use docker or things like that. I simply have no care about my other internet traffic whatsoever, I just want to cover up my torrenting. Maybe I am just asking for too much in this case.

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You can try split tunneling with OpenVPN and specify the apps using SOCKS5.

Guide: Split tunneling using OpenVPN

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It’s possible but a VM that’s sharing a folder with your host and has a VPN running inside is easier. Proxies will cut you off the port-forwarding so they’re barely a solution.

How much time are you willing to spend on a manual split-tunneling setup? I can only help you if you moved to the default OpenVPN GUI client and its static config files.

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Why don’t you try put.io?

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Thanks for the reply. I had tried this a bit ago but didn’t get it operational so I gave up. Maybe I’ll give it another go and see if I can get it working.

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Well besides that the best solution is really to use docker.

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That’s kinda what I do, but I’ve got a vm running in Hyper-V

Docker is objectively more suitable for this use case though

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I’ve done both a Hyper-V VM and a Windows Docker container. I prefer Docker. Less overhead and just works.

I’m using binhex qBittorrent-VPN with AirVPN, openVPN.

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I 100% agree with you. Running a Windows VM in Hyper-V just for media has a lot of overhead that you just don’t need. Because, you know, Windows.

Unfortunately I just don’t have the knowledge or experience with how to use Docker, I gave it a shot a few months ago but didn’t have any luck. I have a mate who set up a vps of mine for me that runs docker containers / cloudplow / cloud box and I know just enough to run and maintain that but I could never set it up