![]() ![]() Not to worry we’ll cover that a little later. The “192” number won’t work from outside so you’ll need to find out your actual IP. If you have a router you’ll see your number as .x or similar. If you don’t have a router/firewall, it will probably be in a format such as 175.xx.xx.xx or perhaps 64.xx.xx.xx or similar. The one you want is just called “IP Address”. This will show you a whole list of numbers. You can go to your System Preferences by choosing (from the top menu) Apple Menu>System Preferences… and then choosing the Network icon from about the middle row. If you don’t have a router/firewall, this is fairly easy. The key to this step is knowing your computer’s IP ADDRESS, or the number that identifies your machine on the internet. Now we’ll look at getting set up to access the web interface from another computer outside of your home. Now that sets you up for internal traffic on your own network. Safari bonjour menu (click to view larger) Selecting it will bring you to the web interface as before. Clicking on this will show a menu item called Transmission Web Interface (username). Once you do this, you’ll see that the Bonjour menu is included at the left of your bookmarks in your bookmarks bar. Safari bonjour setup (click to view larger) In here I chose the Include Bonjour checkbox in the Bookmarks Bar section at the top. ![]() To set this up you’ll need to (in Safari), choose from the top menu Safari>Preferences… then choose the Bookmarks tab. Using Safari, you can quickly get to the web interface. Turn on Bonjour in Safari (if you want).Doing this allows your web interface to be “discovered” easier without configuration by other machines on the network. I only have one machine on my network so this isn’t worth it to me, but if you have several machine it might be worth it to turn on the service by clicking the checkbox at the bottom that says Display the web interface on the local network with Bonjour. This severely limits the chance of intrusion but I’d still recommend using the username/password combo as well. If you’re certain you’re only going to be connecting from a specific outside machine and you know it’s IP Address, you can put that in the box that says Only allow the following IP addresses to connect: You’ll need to check the checkbox, then click the plus sign at the bottom to add the number.You can change the default number if you want, as long as it isn’t a commonly used port for something else. You’re going to need that number for accessing Transmission from outside of your network later on. Take note of the port number in the Listening Port box in this screen. ![]() That’s what we want so that not just any Joe Schmoe can get at your torrents. Now if you click the Launch Web Interface button now you’ll see that you’re challenged by an authentication dialogue asking for your username and password.You don’t want this to happen without some kind of protection, so you should check the Require Authentication box, then put in a username/password combination that works for you. Notice that it just pops up right away.All the torrents you have going right now will be visible. If you click the Launch Web Interface button now you’ll see it pop up in your default browser. So here you’ll check the Enable Remote Access box.The Transmission Preferences "Remote" screen (click to view larger) You’ll need to go to the top menu and choose Transmission>Preferences…, and when the Preferences widow opens, choose Remote on the top right. So, with that all said, let’s get into it! THE BASICS Your router/firewall must be configured to allow incoming requests on the specified portĪt this point in time, I’m using Transmission version 2.13 (11501) on OSX 10.5.8.Transmission web interface must be enabled in your Transmission client.Your computer must (of course) be left on.Using this feature you can log in to your Transmission client from any computer with web access.Ī couple of caveats you’ll need to allow for: The Transmission Web Interface provides another way. You’re probably just like me, you like to have things downloaded and ready to watch when you get home, so it’s kind of annoying when you have to wait. We’ve all done it before: Get up in the morning, head off to work, and only when you’re ten miles away from home do you realize you forgot to get your torrents downloading with your Transmission client. ![]()
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