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lgallard / qBittorrent-Controller

qBittorrent Controller - An Android app for controlling qBittorrent servers
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qBittorrent-Controller with VPN #227

Closed MihailCosmin closed 4 years ago

MihailCosmin commented 4 years ago

Is it possible to use qBittorrent-Controller if on my PC I am downloading through a VPN?

lgallard commented 4 years ago

Yes, just use the IP address assigned to your qBittorrent PC by the VPN

MihailCosmin commented 4 years ago

By now I have tried all IPs showed with ifconfig (I am using linux). Several work if I try to open the IP+port (8080) with a browser directly from the computer. But none work on my phone, neither on a browser or in the app.

From my PC, these work: 127.0.0.1 - But this definitely couldn't work on my phone... 10.26.0.18 - This is given by the VPN 192.168.2.103 - This is given by the wifi network.

MihailCosmin commented 4 years ago

Tried without VPN connected. Now I only have 192.168.2.103 when running ifconfig. And the qBittorrent-Controller (192.168.2.103:8080) works on my PC, but not on my phone. Is there any reason for that ?

MihailCosmin commented 4 years ago

Ok, finally solved it!

First issue was the Linux firewall. I had Gufw Firewall on. Solution for this was to turn it off, or add a rule for port 8080.

After this 192.168.2.103:8080 (without VPN and with VPN also) started working in the browser on my phone, but in the app I was getting "Host not found!" error Solution for this was to update the qbittorrent from my PC to the latest version.

Now it works in app also!