Manuale Utente (Inglese)

The Download Station manual shows how to enable and initially set up the built-in torrent client.

In this article, we will discuss the Transmission BitTorrent client interface. You can find detailed general information about the BitTorrent network protocol at the website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent.

Usually, there are rules, instructions, FAQs (questions and answers; how to download files, how to distribute files) on large trackers, which we recommend reading before working with torrents.

Go to the 'Applications' page, and in the 'Download Station' section, click on the 'Go to downloads' link to connect to the built-in Transmission client interface.

Clicking on this link in your web browser will open the 'Transmission WEB Control' window.

You can also open the torrent client window in your web browser by entering <IP-address>:<control_port> (e.g. 192.168.1.1:8090).

An authentication window will appear; you should input the username and password of an account with access to the Transmission torrent client settings.

After you sign in, the 'Transmission WEB Control' window of the torrent client will be opened in the web browser.

We recommend using the KeenDNS domain name service for remote access to the Transmission torrent client web interface from anywhere on the Internet.

These limitations are selected based on device performance so that the operation of the built-in Transmission BitTorrent client does not take up computing resources from the main Keenetic tasks and does not affect its overall stability. Transmission is not just an application that downloads and distributes files. It is an entire system that processes and supports multiple connections (which requires resources), operates with the USB interface (which requires more resources) and handles multiple files in the file system (more resources) for writing and reading at the same time. It is still the most complex application for any Keenetic device, which, if not limited, can take up all of Keenetic's resources, depriving it of its ability to perform other functions correctly.

Handling a large number of tasks (downloads) makes almost no sense: due to the general limitation on the channel width, each of them gets quite a bit of resource (if you use a large number of tasks, CPU load will increase, and access speed will naturally decrease). It is much more efficient to work with a small number of downloads, from one to five (configures by setting the queue length). The number of distributions can be much higher because they load the system less.

Now let's have a look at the interface of the built-in Transmission torrent client version 2.84.

Find the content you need (it can be a movie, an e-book, a music album, a program, etc.) on the tracker (a specialized server).

Download a torrent file (*.torrent is a metadata file that contains the URL tracker, information about the files, their checksums, hash, etc.) and save the *.torrent file to your computer.

Now add the downloaded torrent file to the Transmission interface by clicking on the 'Add Torrent' button — .

You will see the 'Add Torrent' window; click the 'Choose Files' button there.

Find and select the downloaded torrent file (file with .torrent extension) in the opened window.

Then make sure the 'Auto Start' option is enabled and press OK to add a new torrent.

The torrent client starts looking for peers and seeds currently downloading and distributing this torrent with you. After that, the download of the file(s) will start.

During the torrent download, you can:

You can view the currently downloading torrent information by selecting it in the list and unfolding the bottom menu 'Attribute'.

The 'Base' tab displays the current torrent activity screen (status, download progress, duration, etc.) and other information (size, origin, URL link, etc.).

The 'Peers' tab shows the information on the clients involved in the distribution (download speed, status, client IP address, version of the torrent client).

The 'Trackers' tab displays information about the trackers of the torrents.

The 'Files' tab shows the list and status of files for a particular torrent.

The 'Config' tab allows you to make necessary settings for the selected torrent.

Transmission 2.84 also has a lightweight mobile interface (Mobile UI) adapted for management from mobile devices.

To access the mobile interface, click on the icon  in the upper right corner of the screen. You can check the status of downloads here.

You can control (pause, start, recheck, remove) a specific torrent by selecting it.

You can add a new torrent in the drop-down menu (upper right corner).

Click "+" to add a new torrent.

Then you will see a page on adding a link to the torrent file.

To arrange access to files downloaded via the built-in Transmission BitTorrent client, refer to the 'Connecting a USB drive' instruction.

After you click the 'Settings' icon , you will see the window with the following tabs: 'Base,' 'Network,' 'Limit'  and 'Scheduled.'

Additional settings for downloading and distributing torrents (e.g., auto start added torrents, append '.part' to incomplete files) are on the 'Base' tab. You can also change the interface language and choose a folder to download files.

The 'Network' tab contains settings for limiting simultaneous downloads and distributions; assigning the port parameters used by the torrent client (you can manually set the port number or use a random port each time); enabling/disabling the μTP, LPD, DHT protocols and peers exchange; the ability to use encryption mode.

The 'Limit' tab is used to set up download and upload limits. Each Keenetic has its maximum, which allows it to perform essential functions. You can find the information about the maximum speed for each model above. Also, you can set the maximum global number of peers and the maximum peers per torrent here.

You can set alternative download and upload speeds on the' Scheduled' tab and schedule when these restrictions apply.

Alternative speed can also be enabled manually by checking the appropriate box in the settings or by clicking the button  in the interface.