port forwarding not working

Posted by mirok188

2026-07-16T00:36:03.594035559Z 2026-07-15T19:36:03-05:00 INFO [dns] downloading hostnames and IP block lists 2026-07-16T00:36:03.608164937Z 2026-07-15T19:36:03-05:00 INFO [dns] DNS server listening on [::]:53 2026-07-16T00:36:04.318869177Z 2026-07-15T19:36:04-05:00 INFO [dns] ready 2026-07-16T00:36:05.732545453Z 2026-07-15T19:36:05-05:00 INFO [ip getter] Public IP address is 169.150.254.36 (United States, Texas, Dallas - source: ipinfo+ifconfig.co+ip2location+cloudflare) 2026-07-16T00:36:06.532071892Z 2026-07-15T19:36:06-05:00 INFO [vpn] You are running the latest release v3.41.1 2026-07-16T00:36:06.532107757Z 2026-07-15T19:36:06-05:00 INFO [port forwarding] starting 2026-07-16T00:36:06.582859807Z 2026-07-15T19:36:06-05:00 ERROR [vpn] starting port forwarding service: port forwarding for the first time: getting external IPv4 address: executing remote procedure call: reading from udp connection: read udp 10.2.0.2:59423-10.2.0.1:5351: recvfrom: connection refused - make sure you have +pmp at the end of your OpenVPN username no port is sent to qbittorrent

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tomspark wrote:

Looking at that error — you're on ProtonVPN with OpenVPN, and the 'connection refused' to 10.2.0.1:5351 means port-forwarding isn't activated in your config. The quicker fix: switch to WireGuard instead (ProtonVPN's WireGuard supports one-click port forwarding). In your .env: set VPNPROVIDER=protonvpn, VPNTYPE=wireguard, grab your credentials from ProtonVPN's WireGuard config page (make sure NAT-PMP is ON), then . WireGuard + ProtonVPN is fully supported and works out of the box.