Forward magnet links to another computer?

[xBlizzDevious]

Hello!

 

I'm getting a new laptop that won't have as much storage as I'm used to, so I've put my desktop HDDs in a server and I want to be able to forward magnet links and/or torrent files from my main PC (soon to be laptop) to the server with the storage drives.

 

I'll be running µTorrent on the server (server is just a Windows 7 PC).

 

Is this possible, if so, how would I go about it?

 

Note: I'm aware that I can "load torrent files from selected folder", but I want to be able to just forward the magnet links.

[LAwLz]

The easiest way would probably be to use the web GUI in µTorrent.

 

uTorrent -> Options -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Web UI

 

Enable the Web UI

 

Select your user name and password. I recommend also enabling "alternative listening port" and set that to something easy to remember (over 1000). For example 8080.

Then you just visit: <ip here>:<port here>/gui/  in your web browser.

 

So for me it would be:

192.168.1.3:8080/gui/

[xBlizzDevious]

The easiest way would probably be to use the web GUI in µTorrent.

 

uTorrent -> Options -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Web UI

 

Enable the Web UI

 

Select your user name and password. I recommend also enabling "alternative listening port" and set that to something easy to remember (over 1000). For example 8080.

Then you just visit: <ip here>:<port here>/gui/  in your web browser.

 

So for me it would be:

192.168.1.3:8080/gui/

 

So I'll have to make an account and install µTorrent on both machines? Is there not a way I can just make magnet links auto-forward to a separate computer? I use Waterfox (Firefox) so if there's a plugin/extension that could assist, I could use that.

[LAwLz]

So I'll have to make an account and install µTorrent on both machines? Is there not a way I can just make magnet links auto-forward to a separate computer? I use Waterfox (Firefox) so if there's a plugin/extension that could assist, I could use that.

You only need uTorrent on the server.

To access the web GUI, you just open a web browser (such as Waterfox) on the other computer and type in:

<ip here>:<port here>/gui/

in my case that is:

192.168.1.3:8080/gui/

 

That will allow you to control uTorrent from the other computer. For example if I type in that address on my laptop I will see all the active torrents on my desktop, and I can add/remove torrents (including magnetic links).

You don't need to "make accounts" either. On the server you just type in an account name and a password you want to use for the web GUI. When you type in the IP on the remote host it will prompt you for a name and a password.

So it's not really like making a "µTorrent account" on their website. It's just an account saved locally on the server to make sure only you have access. Otherwise anyone would be able to add torrents on your machine.

 

Here is a little guide I made for anyone interested:

First of all install µTorrent. I've had trouble with 2.2.1 so if you don't want to use some of the newer versions, tough luck.

 

 

1 - Open preferences.

2 - Go to the Web UI tab

3 - Enable Web UI

4 - Type in a username and password. This user will only be saved on your computer locally, it's not some µTorrent account. This is only here to make sure nobody adds and/or removes torrents from your computer without your consent.

5 - Enable this option and set it to whatever you want (keep it over 1023 though). I use 8080 which is pretty standard. If you want to access your server from outside your network if you use NAT you will have to port forward this port.

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1 - Open up your web browser, type in the address in the following format:

<IP address> : <port number> /gui/

without any spaces. For me since I was doing it on a local machine I typed in:

127.0.0.1:8080/gui/

 

2 - Type in the username and password we picked in the previous picture (in step 4) and press OK.

 

 

If you are at home you will have to type in your server's local IP address followed by the port number. Here is a guide on how to check your local IP. If you want to download something on your home server while not at home you will instead type in the server's public IP and also have that port forwarded.

 

If you typed in something other than 8080 you will obviously have to change that part.

 

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Now you should see the web GUI. Don't worry about the strange text, it should be in your native language (mine is in Swedish). As you can see, it looks very similar to the regular uTorrent GUI. You will be able to access this from any computer. So as you can see in the screenshot, I am currently downloading Ubuntu. I can see how much as been downloaded. I can start/pause etc. More importantly for you though, I can start new downloads.

 

1 - Press the button with the globe. That will bring up the "add torrent from URL" window.

2 - Paste the magnet link and press OK. Your download will now start.

 

You can do this on your phone, or on your laptop or anything that has a web browser. The download will start downloading to your desktop. So when I am in school, I can start a download on my desktop at home this way.

[xBlizzDevious]

You only need uTorrent on the server.

To access the web GUI, you just open a web browser (such as Waterfox) on the other computer and type in:

<ip here>:<port here>/gui/

in my case that is:

192.168.1.3:8080/gui/

 

That will allow you to control uTorrent from the other computer. For example if I type in that address on my laptop I will see all the active torrents on my desktop, and I can add/remove torrents (including magnetic links).

You don't need to "make accounts" either. On the server you just type in an account name and a password you want to use for the web GUI. When you type in the IP on the remote host it will prompt you for a name and a password.

So it's not really like making a "µTorrent account" on their website. It's just an account saved locally on the server to make sure only you have access. Otherwise anyone would be able to add torrents on your machine.

 

Here is a little guide I made for anyone interested:

First of all install µTorrent. I've had trouble with 2.2.1 so if you don't want to use some of the newer versions, tough luck.

 

 

1 - Open preferences.

2 - Go to the Web UI tab

3 - Enable Web UI

4 - Type in a username and password. This user will only be saved on your computer locally, it's not some µTorrent account. This is only here to make sure nobody adds and/or removes torrents from your computer without your consent.

5 - Enable this option and set it to whatever you want (keep it over 1023 though). I use 8080 which is pretty standard. If you want to access your server from outside your network if you use NAT you will have to port forward this port.

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1 - Open up your web browser, type in the address in the following format:

<IP address> : <port number> /gui/

without any spaces. For me since I was doing it on a local machine I typed in:

127.0.0.1:8080/gui/

 

2 - Type in the username and password we picked in the previous picture (in step 4) and press OK.

 

 

If you are at home you will have to type in your server's local IP address followed by the port number. Here is a guide on how to check your local IP. If you want to download something on your home server while not at home you will instead type in the server's public IP and also have that port forwarded.

 

If you typed in something other than 8080 you will obviously have to change that part.

2.png

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Now you should see the web GUI. Don't worry about the strange text, it should be in your native language (mine is in Swedish). As you can see, it looks very similar to the regular uTorrent GUI. You will be able to access this from any computer. So as you can see in the screenshot, I am currently downloading Ubuntu. I can see how much as been downloaded. I can start/pause etc. More importantly for you though, I can start new downloads.

 

1 - Press the button with the globe. That will bring up the "add torrent from URL" window.

2 - Paste the magnet link and press OK. Your download will now start.

 

You can do this on your phone, or on your laptop or anything that has a web browser. The download will start downloading to your desktop. So when I am in school, I can start a download on my desktop at home this way.

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That's pretty awesome, thanks. Is there a way I can open magnet links to the web UI without having to log in to it? Like use a Greasemonkey script to append "192.168.1.3:8080>?magnet[blah blah blah]" or something along those lines? Or is that functionality even more simple than that?

 

The port forwarding to access externally could be really handy. Means I can just send things to my computer from elsewhere.

[xBlizzDevious]

You only need uTorrent on the server.

To access the web GUI, you just open a web browser (such as Waterfox) on the other computer and type in:

<ip here>:<port here>/gui/

in my case that is:

192.168.1.3:8080/gui/

 

That will allow you to control uTorrent from the other computer. For example if I type in that address on my laptop I will see all the active torrents on my desktop, and I can add/remove torrents (including magnetic links).

You don't need to "make accounts" either. On the server you just type in an account name and a password you want to use for the web GUI. When you type in the IP on the remote host it will prompt you for a name and a password.

So it's not really like making a "µTorrent account" on their website. It's just an account saved locally on the server to make sure only you have access. Otherwise anyone would be able to add torrents on your machine.

 

Here is a little guide I made for anyone interested:

First of all install µTorrent. I've had trouble with 2.2.1 so if you don't want to use some of the newer versions, tough luck.

 

 

1 - Open preferences.

2 - Go to the Web UI tab

3 - Enable Web UI

4 - Type in a username and password. This user will only be saved on your computer locally, it's not some µTorrent account. This is only here to make sure nobody adds and/or removes torrents from your computer without your consent.

5 - Enable this option and set it to whatever you want (keep it over 1023 though). I use 8080 which is pretty standard. If you want to access your server from outside your network if you use NAT you will have to port forward this port.

1.png

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

1 - Open up your web browser, type in the address in the following format:

<IP address> : <port number> /gui/

without any spaces. For me since I was doing it on a local machine I typed in:

127.0.0.1:8080/gui/

 

2 - Type in the username and password we picked in the previous picture (in step 4) and press OK.

 

 

If you are at home you will have to type in your server's local IP address followed by the port number. Here is a guide on how to check your local IP. If you want to download something on your home server while not at home you will instead type in the server's public IP and also have that port forwarded.

 

If you typed in something other than 8080 you will obviously have to change that part.

2.png

 

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Now you should see the web GUI. Don't worry about the strange text, it should be in your native language (mine is in Swedish). As you can see, it looks very similar to the regular uTorrent GUI. You will be able to access this from any computer. So as you can see in the screenshot, I am currently downloading Ubuntu. I can see how much as been downloaded. I can start/pause etc. More importantly for you though, I can start new downloads.

 

1 - Press the button with the globe. That will bring up the "add torrent from URL" window.

2 - Paste the magnet link and press OK. Your download will now start.

 

You can do this on your phone, or on your laptop or anything that has a web browser. The download will start downloading to your desktop. So when I am in school, I can start a download on my desktop at home this way.

3.png

 

So I finally got round to setting up µTorrent on my server instead of leaving my main PC on all of the time and guess what... It didn't work. Now before I start, I'm using V2.2.1 as all of the following version (up until about a year ago as I haven't tried them since then) caused severe issues with it not loading torrents, just crashing and being a pain in general, so I just went back to that version and have stuck with it for at least two years now. The WebUI isn't under advanced, but other than that, seems exactly the same.

 

BUT, when I log into the server, it gives me the following:

 

 

So I click the "here to try to install it" bit and it says this:

 

 

So I thought, well, what if it's because I'm using Waterfox and it being 64 bit is causing issues? So I tried IE as that's all else I have installed and that couldn't even load it - really, IE? I know you're terrible 'n all, but c'mon! Anyways, I then went to my other server and tried it with plain Firefox and with Chrome too. Neither worked.

 

 

Any ideas, or am I going to have to just deal with it and update? Hopefully it freakin' works now!

The µTorrent WebUI does not seem to be installed. Click here to try to install it, or see the guide for more details.

There was a problem installing µTorrent WebUI, please see the µTorrent log for more details.The µTorrent WebUI does not seem to be installed. Click here to try to install it, or see the guide for more details.

[LAwLz]

First of all install µTorrent. I've had trouble with 2.2.1 so if you don't want to use some of the newer versions, tough luck.

Sorry but I don't know why it doesn't work on that version. It's not your browser's fault, it's just that 2.2.1 didn't come with the WebGUI installed and it seems like uTorrent has changed the link from where it fetched and installs it.

I tried finding out how to bypass it but nothing I found works. Sorry.

[xBlizzDevious]

Sorry but I don't know why it doesn't work on that version. It's not your browser's fault, it's just that 2.2.1 didn't come with the WebGUI installed and it seems like uTorrent has changed the link from where it fetched and installs it.

I tried finding out how to bypass it but nothing I found works. Sorry.

 

Ah crap... Well I'll try updating it and see if that works. Hopefully it won't have all those issues it used to.

 

EDIT: Well I've updated uTorrent (I'm pretty sure they used to be on ninite.com, since when did that change?) and I now get "invalid request" when using Waterfox. I used IE and it didn't work at first, but by adding in "https://" at the front and then removing the "s", it worked... Same thing in Waterfox and it came up with "site poses a security risk" blah blah blah, accepted it and it still shows invalid request.

 

So... Is it because I'm on V28 of Waterfox, the fact that it's a 64 bit browser, something else specific to Waterfox or just technology randomly being a pain?

[LAwLz]

Ah crap... Well I'll try updating it and see if that works. Hopefully it won't have all those issues it used to.

 

EDIT: Well I've updated uTorrent (I'm pretty sure they used to be on ninite.com, since when did that change?) and I now get "invalid request" when using Waterfox. I used IE and it didn't work at first, but by adding in "https://" at the front and then removing the "s", it worked... Same thing in Waterfox and it came up with "site poses a security risk" blah blah blah, accepted it and it still shows invalid request.

 

So... Is it because I'm on V28 of Waterfox, the fact that it's a 64 bit browser, something else specific to Waterfox or just technology randomly being a pain?

have you tried not using https in Waterfox? Just do http://IP-HERE:PORT-HERE

So in my case it would be:

http://127.0.0.1:8080

 

If it works in IE but not Waterfox then there's something wrong in Waterfox. If you're seeing something about an unrecognized certificate then you're trying to access the server over HTTPS which I don't think is supported (HTTPS is the encrypted version of HTTP).

Just specifically type in HTTP:// in the beginning and it will hopefully work (don't have to be in all caps by the way).

[xBlizzDevious]

have you tried not using https in Waterfox? Just do "https://192.168.1.64:8080/gui". I didn't think it used HTTPS, but I thought it was worth a try. Maybe it's something to do with Greasemonkey scripts or some other plugin I have installed?