当您谈到下载 torrent 文件(downloading a torrent file)时，通常假定您正在寻找从Internet下载一些非法和受版权保护的内容。这种信念非常流行，以至于许多公司只是简单地阻止了从其内部网络访问种子。
问题是，在整个种子网络被封锁的办公室里，你如何下载合法的种子？嗯，这就是传输(Transmission)网络界面出现的地方。
如果您还不知道，Transmission Web 界面是一个 torrent 客户端，可让您在计算机上下载 torrent。它具有一项功能，可让您从 Internet 上的另一台计算机访问安装在您计算机上的客户端。
简单来说，您可以在您的计算机上安装该应用程序，然后从您的办公机器上控制它。这样，即使您不在计算机旁，您也可以下载种子文件。
为什么要使用传输 Web 界面(Why To Use The Transmission Web Interface)
您可能想要使用传输(Transmission)网络界面的原因有多种。上面提到了其中之一，您的办公室不允许访问种子，但您仍希望下载它们。
其他情况可能包括以下内容：
- 当您在旅途中并且想要在回家时下载文件时。
- 当您发现它有病毒但您不在您的计算机上时，您想立即取消种子下载。
- 您已收到来自ISP的消息，表明您已超出数据限制，现在将按MB/GB向您收费。您可能想要取消某些 torrent 下载。
无论(Regardless)您为什么要使用它，配置和使用Transmission Web 客户端都相当容易。
下载和配置传输Web界面(Downloading And Configuring Transmission Web Interface)
默认情况下，传输没有启用 Web 客户端。这意味着您需要进入设置菜单并启用一个选项，以便可以从 Internet 上的任何位置访问您的应用程序(your app can be accessed from anywhere on the internet)。
以下过程已在Mac机器上执行。其他平台的步骤应该类似。
- 如果您还没有，请前往传输(Transmission)网站并在您的计算机上下载并安装该应用程序。
- 启动应用程序，您将收到提示。无论如何，点击打开以打开应用程序。(Open)
- 单击顶部的“传输”菜单，然后选择“首选项”(Transmission)选项(Preferences)。您将从那里启用 Web 界面。
- 当首选项窗格打开时，单击最后一个选项卡Remote。它将帮助您设置对应用程序的远程访问。
您需要做的第一件事是勾选启用远程访问(Enable remote access)以打开传输(Transmission)网络界面的框。
其次，您可能希望为您的 Web 客户端添加密码保护。为此，请勾选需要身份验证(Require authentication)框，然后在给定字段中输入用户名和密码。然后，您需要使用这些登录名来访问传输(Transmission)Web 界面。
保持监听端口不变，除非它被您机器上的其他应用程序使用。
如果您希望 Web 界面只能由某些IP访问(IPs)，选中相应的复选框，然后使用+（加号）添加这些 IP 地址。您也可以使用通配符。
然后，单击启动 Web 界面(Launch web interface)按钮以在浏览器中启动传输Web 界面。(Transmission)
- 如果一切顺利，您应该会看到如下所示的界面。这意味着 Web 界面已成功设置。
现在可以从您的其他计算机访问传输网络客户端。(Transmission)
配置您的路由器以接受连接(Configuring Your Router To Accept Connections)
虽然并非所有路由器都如此，但某些路由器要求您设置端口转发，然后您才能从远程设备访问传输(Transmission)Web 界面。这可以从路由器的设置菜单中进行设置，下面给出了执行此操作的一般步骤。
- 查找计算机的本地 IP 地址。如果您使用的是Windows，请参阅本指南(refer to this guide)。Mac用户需要点击WiFi图标并选择Open Network Preferences以查看您的 IP 地址。
- 打开浏览器并输入192.168.1.1。登录到路由器的设置菜单。默认情况下，这两个字段的登录名都应该是admin和admin。
- 单击顶部的转发以打开转发选项。(Forwarding)
- 在以下屏幕上选择端口转发。(Port Forwarding)在开始(Start)和结束(End)端口字段中
输入9091 。在 IP 字段中输入您计算机的本地 IP 地址。勾选启用(Enable)并单击底部的确定。(OK)
- 打开浏览器，转到 Google，然后搜索 My IP(search for My IP)。记下您的 IP 地址。
使用传输 Web 界面(Using The Transmission Web Interface)
您只需从远程设备访问 IP 即可使用传输(Transmission)Web 界面。
在远程计算机/设备上打开浏览器并输入您在上一节第 5 步中记下的 IP 地址，后跟冒号和 9091。例如，如果 IP 为 103.30.220.121，则输入103.30.220.121 :9091并按Enter。
您将在屏幕上看到传输(Transmission)网络界面。
监控下载和上传(Monitor Downloads And Uploads)
您可以查看种子下载和上传的进度。它在主屏幕上。
暂停和恢复 Torrent 下载(Pause And Resume Torrent Downloads)
您也可以暂停和恢复下载。选择要暂停的种子，然后单击顶部的暂停图标。
要恢复 torrent 下载，请选择 torrent 并单击顶部的恢复图标。
添加新的种子下载(Add New Torrents To Download)
要添加新的 torrent 以供下载，请单击第一个图标，然后输入 torrent 的URL。
它将开始在您安装了传输的计算机上下载。
删除现有的 Torrent 下载(Remove Existing Torrent Downloads)
如果您不想再下载 torrent，可以将其删除。
选择种子，然后单击菜单栏中的第二个图标。在屏幕上选择删除。(Remove)
您选择的种子将被删除。
Using the Transmission Web Interface
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:
- When you’re on the go and you want a file downloaded when you get back home.
- You want to cancel a torrent download immediately as you found out it has a virus but you aren’t at your computer.
- You’ve received a message from your ISP that you’ve exceeded your data limit and you’ll be now charged per MB/GB. You may want to cancel some of your torrent downloads.
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.
- If you haven’t already, head over to the Transmission website and download and install the app on your computer.
- Launch the app and you’ll get a prompt. Hit Open to open the app anyway.
- Click on the Transmission menu at the top and select the option that says Preferences. You’ll enable the web interface from there.
- When the preferences pane opens, click on the last tab that says Remote. It’ll help you set up remote access to the app.
The first thing you need to do is tick-mark the box that says Enable remote access to turn on the Transmission web interface.
Secondly, you may want to add password protection to your web client. To do so, tick-mark the Require authentication box and then enter a username and password in the given fields. You’ll then need to use these logins to access the Transmission web interface.
Keep the listening port as is unless it’s being used by other apps on your machine.
If you want the web interface to be only accessed by certain IPs, check the box for that and then use the + (plus) sign to add those IP addresses. You can use a wildcard as well.
Then, click on the Launch web interface button to launch the Transmission web interface in your browser.
- If everything goes well, you should see an interface that looks something like the following. It means the web interface has been successfully set up.
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.
- Find the local IP address of your computer. If you’re on Windows, refer to this guide. Mac users need to click on the WiFi icon and select Open Network Preferences to view your IP address.
- Open a browser and enter in 192.168.1.1. Log-in to your router’s settings menu. By default, logins should be admin and admin for both the fields.
- Click on Forwarding at the top to open forwarding options.
- Select Port Forwarding on the following screen.
Enter in 9091 in both Start and End port fields.
Enter your computer’s local IP address in the IP field.
Tick-mark Enable and click on OK at the bottom.
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 in 103.30.220.121:9091 and hit Enter.
You’ll see the Transmission web interface on your screen.
Monitor Downloads And Uploads
You can see the progress on the downloads and uploads of your torrents. It’s on the main screen.
Pause And Resume Torrent Downloads
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.
Add New Torrents To Download
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.
Remove Existing Torrent Downloads
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. Choose Remove on your screen.
Your chosen torrent will be removed.
