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Torrenting 2023-01-16T14:48:14-03:00 false 100 Advanced torreting advices

Dowloading torrents manually

Now that you have a Bittorrent client always available, you can use it to download any torrents you find online.

To add a new torrent, click on the "Add torrent file" option:

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Now, select your .torrent file and click on "Upload Torrents".

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Finally, you'll see your torrent downloading.

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Once it finishes downloading, you can find your torrent file in your mediafolder, on the "downloads" folder.

/srv/media$ tree downloads/
downloads/
└── debian-11.6.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso

0 directories, 1 file

Double checking your torrent IP address

If you want to be extra sure your IP is not leaking in qBittorrent, you can use this simple check.

Go to https://www.whatismyip.net/tools/torrent-ip-checker/index.php and grab the testing magnet link.

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In qBittorrent, click on "Add Torrent Link".

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And paste the magnet link on the box. When you are done, click on "Download".

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You'll see a new torrent called "Torrent Tracker IP Checker". This torrent is never going to start downloading, its just for https://whatsmyip.net to check the IP address.

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Back at the torrent tracker page, you'll see the data for your torrent, and your qBittorrent IP!

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The IP address has to be different from your own IP address, and it has to match the output of yams check-vpn.

You are now extra sure your IP is not going to get leaked from torrenting!