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Sootchucker
Nov 02, 2012Aspirant
Idiots guide to Bittorrent and Transmission required please
Hi all, In my quest to expand my knowledge and usage of my new ReadyNas NV+ V2, I'm now looking at using the transmission add on to download torrents during the day whilst I'm at work ( I think th...
Sootchucker
Nov 02, 2012Aspirant
Thanks for the info devilsrear, but I didn't understand a word you said :oops: :oops:
Right, am back home now, and using the default set-up (i.e. only installed the transmission add on), it successfully opens the web app, and I am now downloading my first torrent on the NAS (at least it shows it at 26% downloaded so far).
Couple of questions more if I may. What you told me to do above, will that cure my not being able to open the web app whilst I'm at work. If so, I'd better try and understand what it was you said. Sorry, I'm really pants at this stuff.
Also, I'm using the default user name and password, but on the Transmission download page, it says to change it away from these defaults. How do I do that as well please ?
Again, thanks for your patience, it's very much appreciated.
Right, am back home now, and using the default set-up (i.e. only installed the transmission add on), it successfully opens the web app, and I am now downloading my first torrent on the NAS (at least it shows it at 26% downloaded so far).
Couple of questions more if I may. What you told me to do above, will that cure my not being able to open the web app whilst I'm at work. If so, I'd better try and understand what it was you said. Sorry, I'm really pants at this stuff.
Also, I'm using the default user name and password, but on the Transmission download page, it says to change it away from these defaults. How do I do that as well please ?
Again, thanks for your patience, it's very much appreciated.
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