BitTorrent

Install Transmission BitTorrent Client on Dlink DNS-320

This guides assume you already have fun_plug 0.5 installed and running.

This guides are divided into 3 main section namely download packages, install & configure.

Download

Transmission v2.82

Curl v7.18

Install

1. Run PuTTY and log into DNS-320

2. Change directory to “/mnt/HD/HD_a2” & copy both packages into “/ffp/pkg” folder.

3. Install Curl

funpkg -i /ffp/pkg/curl-7.18.1.tgz

3. Install Transmission

funpkg -i /ffp/pkg/transmission-2.82-1.tgz

Configure

1. Edit Transmission start script to change home directory setting

vi /ffp/start/transmission.sh

Look for

TRANSMISSION_HOME=/mnt/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon

Change to

TRANSMISSION_HOME=/mnt/HD/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon

Save the file.

2. Configure by issuing the following command. Make sure you change USERNAME & PASSWORD to your preferred username & password.

su nobody -c "/ffp/bin/transmission-daemon -f -g /mnt/HD/HD_a2/.transmission-daemon -w /mnt/HD/HD_a2/Downloads -t -u USERNAME -v PASSWORD -a 127.0.0.1,192.168.*.*"

Wait for a while, transmission should be up and running.

3. Verify that transmission is running properly by opening transmission web interface. Type http://<your NAS IP>:9091/ in your browser to access the Web interface. After entering username & password you should see torrent que page.

4. You may now press CTRL-C in putty terminal & issue the following command to start transmission

/ffp/start/transmission.sh start

5. If you need to change the configuration such as to white list IPs to connect to Transmission Client, you may edit the following file

/.transmission-daemon/settings.json

7. You may want to download Transmission Remote GUI for Windows, Linux or Mac OS X.