Yeah, Transmission is pretty nice, there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s also pretty popular among macOS users, because it looks and feels like a native app.
Does Transmission let you force the use of a specific connection?
For example, qBittorrent lets you choose your VPN as its only allowed connection so that you can’t accidentally use your regular network when not connected to the VPN.
Never thought of that. In my use case, Transmission is running in a container on my server, so it only ever has one connection, and VPN and traffic management happens on my router.
in qBittorrent: Tools > Options > Advanced > Network Interface. That dropdown box should list things like your Wi-Fi connection, Ethernet connection, etc., including an option that sounds like your VPN provider. If you run into troubles, do an Internet search for “qbittorrent network interface” for various articles and guides.
In the settings panel, the Advanced section has a setting for network interface, with a drop down menu of your available network devices. Your VPN connection should appear as a separate device in the list. If you choose that, it will only send data through that device, so if you’re not connected, it has nowhere to send data to.
The github only has a description of the setting, and doesn’t really explain it any more than that.
Do people still use transmission? That seems like be the default one I see in prebuilt torrent server containers.
Yeah, Transmission is pretty nice, there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s also pretty popular among macOS users, because it looks and feels like a native app.
Yepp, been using it for years. Lots of third party app support and a minimal web interface to add a new 🧲🚢 in a hurry
Definitely does not have any bells and whistles though, doesn’t bother me but is a dealbreaker for some.
For me the best are:
Special mention: BiglyBT Fork of Azureus without the shit of Azureus
It’s not bad but it’s pretty bare. A lot of people like their bells and whistles these days.
Edit: Changed the wording to be less broad for all the “But I…” specials.
Transmission’s minimal features is what I like about it.
Does Transmission let you force the use of a specific connection?
For example, qBittorrent lets you choose your VPN as its only allowed connection so that you can’t accidentally use your regular network when not connected to the VPN.
I use transmission but I force this behavior in pfsense
Never thought of that. In my use case, Transmission is running in a container on my server, so it only ever has one connection, and VPN and traffic management happens on my router.
Hi! Could you give me some details or a link that describes how to do that? I’d like to harden my install. Thank you! :)
in qBittorrent: Tools > Options > Advanced > Network Interface. That dropdown box should list things like your Wi-Fi connection, Ethernet connection, etc., including an option that sounds like your VPN provider. If you run into troubles, do an Internet search for “qbittorrent network interface” for various articles and guides.
Thank you so much! :)
In the settings panel, the Advanced section has a setting for network interface, with a drop down menu of your available network devices. Your VPN connection should appear as a separate device in the list. If you choose that, it will only send data through that device, so if you’re not connected, it has nowhere to send data to.
The github only has a description of the setting, and doesn’t really explain it any more than that.
Thank you so much! :)
transmission-cli path-to.torrent😍speak for yourself. if it’s pretty bare, it just moved to the top of my list
Then enjoy. It just isn’t for a lot of people. You have helped as a statistic to the original question though.
There are other options such as qbittorrent or deluge though I would not recommend deluge due to IP leaks and it hasn’t been updated since 2022
It’s the default included with Ubuntu but they (Ubuntu) haven’t updated it to be the latest released version. You have to add their PPA.
I switched over to qbittorrent for better control over what happens after the files download a few years ago.