Note: The above assumes one HD is connected to the router and that it has a partition layout with a filesystem on the first partition. Once the program has been up for about 10 seconds, it should be ready to be quitted out of by hitting “Ctrl+C”.Ĭreate the directories that will hold the torrent pointers, parts, configurations and downloads.

We will run it in the foreground (the “-f” flag) so its easier to see when its stabilized and quit once it has. With Transmission now installed, run the daemon once so that it creates the default settings file template for us. Opkg update opkg install transmission-daemon We will install the daemon package by issuing from a terminal: Select the Enable radio buttons for “Core USB Support”, “USB Storage Support” & “Automatic Drive Mount”.Under the “Services” tab go to the “USB” tab.If you haven’t already, mount the HD using the router’s web-gui.

Optionally select the “enable” radio button for “Clear port forwards at startup”.

For “UPnP Service”, select the “enable” radio button.

doing so will absolve you from opening/forwarding the ports on your router to the transmission daemon on your own. UPnP is a mechanism by which programs on your network can request the router to forward ports to them automatically. With that out of the way… Let’s get cracking Note: While partitioning + formatting ( 1, 2) the HD is beyond the scope of this guide, because DD-WRT as of version 17798, supports all common FileSystems such as FAT32 + ext2/3 and NTFS, you shouldn’t have to do anything special.

It is assumed that said HD is already formatted.

It is strongly recommended that you connect a HardDrive(HD) to the router, and for the instructions below, it is assumed that you have.

It is assumed that you haven’t reached this article at random and that you have already followed the procedures described in “ How To Install Additional Software On Your Home Router (DD-WRT)“, fulfilling that guide’s prerequisites in the process.

In this guide, we will: Install Transmission on the router, have it load automatically on the routers boot and make it remotely controlled on your local network by a windows machine and a web-interface. As part of its versatility, it can be remotely controlled by a number of programs, including at least two Windows ones and a web-interface. While Transmission isn’t the only BiTorrent client that can be installed from the OpenWRT OPKG repository, due to the fact that it is the De facto standard for all the major Linux distributions (like Ubuntu and Mint for example), it is stable, actively maintained and very versatile.

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