The proxy is only in the Netherlands, yes. Does the VPN connection to an US gateway location not work for you?
Hi. Yes, the VPN is working for me. It's just that I need to run OpenVPN in my router and the bandwidth is pretty lousy due to lack of CPU grunt to handle the encryption, I think a proxy would be a better solution for me.
The proxy is only in the Netherlands, yes. Does the VPN connection to an US gateway location not work for you?
Hi. Yes, the VPN is working for me. It's just that I need to run OpenVPN in my router and the bandwidth is pretty lousy due to lack of CPU grunt to handle the encryption, I think a proxy would be a better solution for me.
Does your router support L2TP? It is still vastly inferior to OpenVPN with regards to encryption, but the proxy is unencrypted. (And if I read right, L2TP can actually use AES.) L2TP defaults. If it uses IPSec, then AES is a potential cipher.
You sound like a guy I know. He used to be the go-to guy for computer information, but he was contentious and stubborn and now the only job he can get is as a dishwasher. He'd say things a lot like this. For instance, he used to be a Mac advocate, but after losing good-paying jobs, he "hates" Macs because they're "too expensive." He'll criticize Macs because of the way they do something, but when told that hasn't been the case since the early days of OS X over a decade ago, it's like pulling teeth to get him to admit that he hasn't had any hands-on experience with Macs since then. For that matter, even his PC hardware knowledge is outdated past Core Duo because he doesn't want to learn what he can't afford to buy. And this is after he did a stint in phone support for a major company that handles tech support for companies like AT&T, HP, Verizon, etc. That only reinforces why people think tech support personnel are usually worthless.
If you really want to find out the answer to the question you ask, go to the Vuze forum, forums.vuze.com. You can be contentious here asking me for every little detail or you can get a lot more information there. Or you can download it and use it as a test platform instead of writing things like you have no idea what it's like now but it must be broken. Software changes. If you're going to base your opinion solely on how a package was years ago, you shouldn't be doing support. Conversely, I'd be a fool to think Windows 8 is good based on Windows 7's reputation.
I haven't liked Vuze since it broke what a nice client Azureus had been, I don't even know if it still looks the same today as it did then.
But, since apparently they do have a proxy status indicator, maybe you could explain what it actually shows, i.e. what stati (is that the plural? "Statuses" looks weird) are possible, what does every status mean. Is there any way to get a debug log or a textual description of the status from the running process?
@doritos You sound like a guy I know who complains loudly about the same problem for ages, but when asked any question about the problem, gets insulted and tells the people asking that they cannot ask him because his time is too valuable and he would rather have no help. (Not really. It just sounds like you are being rather rude to a person trying to help you. If I am wrong, then I apologize.)
If you do not know the answers to @VPN's questions, that is fine. But you could have said that.
I have never used Vuze, and because of this, I am uninclined to check their forums for answers. When the subject comes up I would just ask a user of Vuze like @VPN did. Most users probably know more about it than I ever will. And @VPN is a Linux user. I just checked, there is no Linux version of Vuze that I could find.
But as I said, if you really did not intend to be rude, then I will sum that post up as a choice of words that I misunderstood.
So to anyone else who may know, does Vuze have working proxy support? Or is the problem undeniably the proxy itself?
@doritos: Correct, I don't really want to know how Vuze works. I wanted to get information to help you solve your problem, but since that doesn't seem to be what you want to do, I'm fine.
Just in case it wasn't clear: I don't work for PIA.
@OmniNegro: I guess it might work on Linux - it used to be written in Java.
Did you even bother to read those messages you linked to? The first one is a bindings problem, nothing to do with proxies. I've had such a problem and solved it. The second is an unconfirmed problem that nobody responded to. The third is a NAT problem and doesn't even mention a proxy. The fourth is again a bindings problem. Your search link produces results that by and large don't even mention proxy problems.
FYI, the proxy support that "doesn't work" still returns an NL IP address when I check it with something like checkmytorrentip.
Did you even bother to read those messages you linked to? The first one is a bindings problem, nothing to do with proxies. I've had such a problem and solved it. The second is an unconfirmed problem that nobody responded to. The third is a NAT problem and doesn't even mention a proxy. The fourth is again a bindings problem. Your search link produces results that by and large don't even mention proxy problems.
FYI, the proxy support that "doesn't work" still returns an NL IP address when I check it with something like checkmytorrentip.
All I did was search the forums as you suggested. And I see people complaining of problems with it. If you would like to pick out the posts you think I should read, I will read them. But I rather doubt you want more than to argue. That is fine. I tried.
I'm also having the same intermittent connectivity issue with Vuze using the PIA proxy. The SOCKS status is good (green) then drops to yellow(can't connect). Seems like it's an issue with the proxy, but can't be sure.
Anyone using a different client (uTorrent) have similar connectivity issues with the proxy?
@p3296176: Can you try using an IP address instead of the proxy's hostname? Can you use a connection monitor to count the individual connections Vuze opens to the proxy port 1080? Can you use a proxy check program to verify the proxy at the chosen IP address once Vuze can't connect?
I'm also having the same intermittent connectivity issue with Vuze using the PIA proxy. The SOCKS status is good (green) then drops to yellow(can't connect). Seems like it's an issue with the proxy, but can't be sure.
Anyone using a different client (uTorrent) have similar connectivity issues with the proxy?
I am trying with uTorrent and having problems as well. Testing fails in Proxy Checker also.
The proxy has been running really slow the last couple of weeks. It's been running good on and off but not constant. Today has been the worse so far. If I do a speedtest I only get 2 mbps speed. I only have a 6 mbps connection and I'm only getting 1/3 of my max speed today.
Also what is with the proxy always denying my authentication? I've had to create a new password about 5-6 times over the last week or so just to keep using the proxy. It's getting extremely annoying having to change the password once a day at least.
VPN would help you guys, but he's run out of other things to blame, so he's stopped posting on this topic.
You know, I have read all seven whopping posts you have made here. And you are not in a position to accuse anyone of blaming anything. If @VPN knew what to tell you guys to help out, he would not keep it to himself.
By the way, I am still waiting on you to cherry pick the topics you think I should read so I can be half as much of a genius as you think yourself to be. (You do remember back on the fifth when you said I was not paying attention after I did exactly what you suggested?) You only post here when you have an opportunity to be a bitch. And until you can actually contribute in a positive way, you are less than worthless.
Sorry that I appeared to have abandoned this thread. Omni has it right though - I don't know what else to say. Of course there may be problems with the proxy, but I don't experience them with my usage pattern:
I last had proxy'd connections terminated on April 8th (heartbleed related), then May 7th (unknown error with connection's final destination, not proxy), May 12th (remote peer thought the connection was timed out and was still able to tell my client about it). When I had to reestablish a connection, only once was the connection attempt not successful, but I don't know if that was authentication related or not.
Quite a difference from VPN previously saying "I never have problems." Now that others have reported it with Utorrent and proxy checkers, he suddenly can't instantly blame it on Vuze as he liked to before. And be aware that since you're "in the minority" who have problems, you don't really matter as long as the majority is happy, since as he wrote, "Then again, I never have problems, and seeing as PIA has thousands of users I still feel that if it were 100 users reporting problems those would still be a minority."
Go away doritos. You are not helpful in any way here. And anyone can click your username to see that your posts are never helpful. You are clearly trolling. Goodbye.
Quite a difference from VPN previously saying "I never have problems." Now that others have reported it with Utorrent and proxy checkers, he suddenly can't instantly blame it on Vuze as he liked to before. And be aware that since you're "in the minority" who have problems, you don't really matter as long as the majority is happy, since as he wrote, "Then again, I never have problems, and seeing as PIA has thousands of users I still feel that if it were 100 users reporting problems those would still be a minority."
The point was you were instantly dismissive. It couldn't be the proxy, you said. You were absolutely sure you could diagnose some other problem, which you were sure was Vuze. So after these other people having problems while using other clients, what is your learned diagnosis? Nothing? I didn't think so, Mr. Know-It-All.
The point was you were instantly dismissive. It couldn't be the proxy, you said. You were absolutely sure you could diagnose some other problem, which you were sure was Vuze. So after these other people having problems while using other clients, what is your learned diagnosis? Nothing? I didn't think so, Mr. Know-It-All.
To whom are you even replying? And while you say everyone else has provided nothing, I see you have offered an opinion of who to blame and nothing more.
All hail doritos, king of idiots and self appointed lord over all who think they may know anything. (Because clearly this is just a pissing contest between you and everyone who ever dared to help.)
The point was you were instantly dismissive. It couldn't be the proxy, you said. You were absolutely sure you could diagnose some other problem, which you were sure was Vuze. So after these other people having problems while using other clients, what is your learned diagnosis? Nothing? I didn't think so, Mr. Know-It-All.
True, I don't know what the problem is. Sorry to disappoint.
Since originally posting in this forum two weeks ago, I've had a very reliable SOCKS connection using Vuze. Given that I've done nothing, and there have been no changes to my software or hardware. It must have been an issue with the PIA proxy.
I have not been able to use the proxy for over a week now, I always get a 'server refused authentication' message. I have tried changing the password several times.
I have not been able to use the proxy for over a week now, I always get a 'server refused authentication' message. I have tried changing the password several times.
We did have issues with our proxy but the issue should have been fixed by now. Though I'm replying two days later, are you still having trouble connecting?
First, thank you for the SOCKS5 proxy. I do not use it for torrents and the speed is great. However I have been having lots of trouble connecting to it lately. Using a sniffer, it seems to reject my connection during the authentication process. When I finally do get a successful auth the connection is stable and fast though. It seems a post above mine might of had the same issue as me. Can you please look into this? Thank you!
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L2TP defaults.
If it uses IPSec, then AES is a potential cipher.
If you really want to find out the answer to the question you ask, go to the Vuze forum, forums.vuze.com. You can be contentious here asking me for every little detail or you can get a lot more information there. Or you can download it and use it as a test platform instead of writing things like you have no idea what it's like now but it must be broken. Software changes. If you're going to base your opinion solely on how a package was years ago, you shouldn't be doing support. Conversely, I'd be a fool to think Windows 8 is good based on Windows 7's reputation.
You sound like a guy I know who complains loudly about the same problem for ages, but when asked any question about the problem, gets insulted and tells the people asking that they cannot ask him because his time is too valuable and he would rather have no help.
(Not really. It just sounds like you are being rather rude to a person trying to help you. If I am wrong, then I apologize.)
If you do not know the answers to @VPN's questions, that is fine. But you could have said that.
I have never used Vuze, and because of this, I am uninclined to check their forums for answers. When the subject comes up I would just ask a user of Vuze like @VPN did. Most users probably know more about it than I ever will. And @VPN is a Linux user. I just checked, there is no Linux version of Vuze that I could find.
But as I said, if you really did not intend to be rude, then I will sum that post up as a choice of words that I misunderstood.
So to anyone else who may know, does Vuze have working proxy support? Or is the problem undeniably the proxy itself?
http://forum.vuze.com/thread.jspa?messageID=282127
http://forum.vuze.com/thread.jspa?messageID=282156
http://forum.vuze.com/thread.jspa?messageID=282073
http://forum.vuze.com/thread.jspa?messageID=281930
These are just in the last thirty days.
Here is the last year.
http://forum.vuze.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=proxy&objID=&dateRange=lastyear&numResults=30
Just in case it wasn't clear: I don't work for PIA.
@OmniNegro: I guess it might work on Linux - it used to be written in Java.
Did you even bother to read those messages you linked to? The first one is a bindings problem, nothing to do with proxies. I've had such a problem and solved it. The second is an unconfirmed problem that nobody responded to. The third is a NAT problem and doesn't even mention a proxy. The fourth is again a bindings problem. Your search link produces results that by and large don't even mention proxy problems.
FYI, the proxy support that "doesn't work" still returns an NL IP address when I check it with something like checkmytorrentip.
Anyone using a different client (uTorrent) have similar connectivity issues with the proxy?
Can you use a connection monitor to count the individual connections Vuze opens to the proxy port 1080?
Can you use a proxy check program to verify the proxy at the chosen IP address once Vuze can't connect?
I have used both the host name and the IP address with the same result.
Connection monitor shows 8 attempted connections to port 1080 with 1 established.
The proxy check program successfully established a connection, when Vuze reports a SOCKS status of 'connection problems' (yellow).
So you would have to conclude that the problem is with the application and not the proxy.
By the way, I am still waiting on you to cherry pick the topics you think I should read so I can be half as much of a genius as you think yourself to be. (You do remember back on the fifth when you said I was not paying attention after I did exactly what you suggested?) You only post here when you have an opportunity to be a bitch. And until you can actually contribute in a positive way, you are less than worthless.
Omni has it right though - I don't know what else to say. Of course there may be problems with the proxy, but I don't experience them with my usage pattern:
I last had proxy'd connections terminated on April 8th (heartbleed related), then May 7th (unknown error with connection's final destination, not proxy), May 12th (remote peer thought the connection was timed out and was still able to tell my client about it). When I had to reestablish a connection, only once was the connection attempt not successful, but I don't know if that was authentication related or not.
I can't comment on transfer speed.
All hail doritos, king of idiots and self appointed lord over all who think they may know anything. (Because clearly this is just a pissing contest between you and everyone who ever dared to help.)
Goodbye again.
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