Stephen Garton wrote: > 2009/7/21 Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk>: >> javadayaz wrote: >>> its a cable connection. with virgin. >>> >>> its a linkys router. not sure of what model. i will check and revert back. >> Ahh in that case I assume the modem is the standard cable modem that >> Virgin supply? >> >> In that case you'll just need to setup forwarding on the router and >> setup some sort of Dynamic DNS account. As I mentioned, DynDNS.org is a >> good one and it's free. What you need to do is setup an account and >> choose what you want your subdomain and domain to be. The subdomain bit >> can be a word for instance which you will remember for instance javad >> and the domain bit can be any of the pre-defined domains (homelinux.org, >> isageek.org, homeunix.org, dyndns.org etc). So for instance if you >> chose javad to be the subdomain name and isageek.org then your DynDNS >> domain would be javad.isageek.org >> >> Once you have chosen it you should then be able to configure your router >> to tell DynDNS what the IP address is which Virgin will assign you (this >> can change from time to time, not too sure how often it changes). >> >> When it's configured you can than open the web browser on your phone and >> browse to the DynDNS you chose and the port number for Tranmission such >> as http://javad.isageek.org:9091 and you should get the transmission web >> interface (assuming Transmission is running). >> >> Rob >> >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> > > Just to weigh in to the thread (sorry I'm late!)... I've tried both > the transdroid and torrentfu applications on my android handset, and > found neither to be as useful or as reliable as the web interface in > torrentflux. Using the steps above, you can set up dyndns to always > make your PC available, and bookmark torrentflux for easy access. > > This has served me well in the 2 months I've been on android, and for > the previous year when I had an iPhone. > > Just my 2p > > > Steve Garton > http://www.sheepeatingtaz.co.uk > I've recently got an Android phone, one of the free app's I've downloaded and use is connectbot. I use it to connect to my home server and connect to #ubuntu-uk on irc through a screen + irssi session.
Hope thats useful. Regards Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
