Should I follow Mullvad's qBittorrent suggestions? (disable DHT, disable PeX, etc) (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I'm brand new to torrenting and was looking to pirate some audiobooks off AudiobookBay. I followed the Wispy Docs Torrent Client Guide on VPN Binding Mullvad VPN with qBittorrent. (I know Mullvad isn't ideal but I want to use up my pre-existing subscription.)

My concern is that in Mullvad's BitTorrent guide (no longer maintained) they suggest the following additional changes:

Enable anonymous mode.
Disable DHT
Disable PeX
Disable Local peer discovery
Select TCP as Peer connection protocol

I tried searching on Reddit if I should follow any of these settings changes but people were very unclear. Some said they're outdated because "private trackers yada yada" (I'm new so am unfamiliar with the reasoning) but I'm not sure if that applies to my situation.

I already tested with torrent IP checkers and the binding seems to have worked. What else (if anything) should I be doing?

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[-] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There is no reason to use anonymous mode or disable those other options as long as your VPN is working correctly. Everything will be piped through the VPN connection and any peer or tracker will see the VPN server's IP, not yours.

The only thing I recommend doing is setting the network adapter in qbittorrent's advanced settings to the virtual one created by the VPN. This will ensure that no traffic accidentally goes through a non-VPN connection and exposes your IP.

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