Using the Transmission Web Interface
Torrent lovers can easily download and monitor from anywhere
When you talk about downloading a torrent file, it’s normally assumed that you’re looking to download some illegal and copyright protected content from the Internet. This belief is so popular that many companies have simply blocked access to torrents from their internal networks.
The question is, how do you download legal torrents while in your office where the entire torrent network is blocked? Well, that’s where the Transmission web interface comes into the picture.
If you don’t already know, the Transmission web interface is a torrent client that allows you to download torrents on your computers. It has a feature that lets you access the client installed on your computer from another machine on the internet.
In simple words, you can install the app on your computer and then control it from your office machine. This way you can download torrents even when you’re away from your machine.
Why To Use The Transmission Web Interface
There are various reasons as to why you may want to use the Transmission web interface. One of these is mentioned above where your office doesn’t allow access to torrents but you still wish to download them.
Other scenarios may include the following:
Regardless of why you want to use it, configuring and using the Transmission web client is fairly easy.
Downloading And Configuring Transmission Web Interface
Transmission by default doesn’t have the web client enabled in it. That means you’ll need to go into the settings menu and enable an option so your app can be accessed from anywhere on the internet.
The following procedure has been performed on a Mac machine. Steps should be similar for other platforms.
The Transmission web client can now be accessed from your other computers.
Configuring Your Router To Accept Connections
While this may not be the case on all routers, some routers require you to set up port forwarding before you can access the Transmission web interface from a remote device. This can be set up from your router’s settings menu and the generic steps to do it are given below.
Using The Transmission Web Interface
You only need to access the IP from a remote device to use the Transmission web interface.
Open a browser on your remote computer/device and enter the IP address you noted down in step-5 in the above section followed by a colon and 9091. For example, if IP was 103.30.220.121, you’d type in103.30.220.121:9091and hitEnter.
You’ll see the Transmission web interface on your screen.
You can see the progress on the downloads and uploads of your torrents. It’s on the main screen.
You can pause and resume your downloads as well. Select the torrent to pause and click on the pause icon at the top.
To resume a torrent download, select the torrent and click on the resume icon at the top.
To add a new torrent for downloading, click on the first icon and then enter the URL for the torrent.
It’ll begin downloading on your computer where Transmission is installed.
If you no longer want to download a torrent, you can have it removed.
Select the torrent and then click on the second icon in the menu bar. ChooseRemoveon your screen.
Your chosen torrent will be removed.
Mahesh has been obsessed with technology since he got his first gadget a decade or so ago. Over the last few years, he’s written a number of tech articles on various online publications including but not limited to MakeTechEasier and Android AppStorm.Read Mahesh’s Full Bio
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