How to Setup Web UI for Utorrent

The torrent file-sharing system is widely used to distribute illegal copies of files.

BitTorrent is one of the more modern ways to retrieve very large files from the Internet. Users download .torrent files, which contain information about a file the user wishes to download. These files reside on the computers of other users who have the files. One user can download multiple parts of the same file simultaneously and quickly, in a prime example of distributed networking. uTorrent is one of the best freeware torrent programs currently available.

Things You'll Need

• WebUI

Instructions

1. Download WebUI.zip, and place it in the "%AppData%\uTorrent" directory. Open uTorrent.

2. Go to "Options," then "Preferences," then "Web UI." Click the radio button to enable "Web UI." Enter a username and password. Change the port or restrict access only to trusted IP's for an added level of security.

3. Open a Web browser on another computer, preferably one in a different network. Type in "http://yourip:8080/gui/". Replace "yourip" with the IP on your router, and "8080" with the port you specified if you chose to use a custom port. When attempting to connect to the GUI on the same local network, use "http://127.0.0.1:8080/gui".

Tips & Warnings

• Use a website like "What's My IP" to discover your outward facing IP address if you cannot find it.

References

• Trac.uTorrent: How to use the WebUI
• uTorrent WebUI: Documentation

Resources

• Whats My IP Address?
• Trac.uTorrent: µTorrent WebUI