westinghamMar 14

How to check if Proton VPN has switched locations?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/56767882

How to check if Proton VPN has switched locations? - sh.itjust.works

I have Proton VPN and qbittorrent running on Windows 10 with qbittorrent bound to Proton interface. Every now and then Proton will reconnect in the background which means the port changes and the IP address changes. How can I monitor Proton for these changes and either a.) update qbittorrent or b.) use Pushover to notify me that a change has occurred?

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Proton will reconnect in the background which means the port changes and the IP address changes.

That’s weird. What is the reasoning behind that? That would drive me up the wall. A new IP and port would require a new leak test for me. Some VPN slots have a reverse DNS which attaches an identifier to the whole shebang, and in my mind, is unacceptable.

Mar 14 at 2:58pmWeb
Show threadhamFoilHatMar 14
Can I ask, how do you detect that?
Show threadirmadladMar 14
test
Show threadirmadladMar 14

nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (VPN IP) ** server can’t find xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN

With rDNS it might look like this:

nslookup 208.104.203.197 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa name = xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.reserved.example.net.

Show threadirmadladMar 14

Without rDNS

nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (VPN IP) ** server can’t find xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa: NXDOMAIN

With rDNS it might look like this:

nslookup 208.104.203.197 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.in-addr.arpa name = xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.reserved.example.net.