Before starting, stop transmission:
sudo systemctl stop transmission-daemon
Then edit:
sudo nano /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
These are the current settings:
{
"alt-speed-down": 50,
"alt-speed-time-begin": 540,
"alt-speed-time-day": 127,
"alt-speed-time-enabled": false,
"alt-speed-time-end": 1020,
"alt-speed-up": 50,
"announce-ip": "",
"announce-ip-enabled": false,
"anti-brute-force-enabled": false,
"anti-brute-force-threshold": 100,
"bind-address-ipv4": "0.0.0.0",
"bind-address-ipv6": "::",
"blocklist-enabled": false,
"blocklist-url": "http://www.example.com/blocklist",
"cache-size-mb": 4,
"default-trackers": "",
"dht-enabled": true,
"download-dir": "/var/lib/transmission-daemon/downloads",
"download-limit": 100,
"download-limit-enabled": 0,
"download-queue-enabled": true,
"download-queue-size": 5,
"encryption": 1,
"idle-seeding-limit": 30,
"idle-seeding-limit-enabled": false,
"incomplete-dir": "/var/lib/transmission-daemon/incomplete",
"incomplete-dir-enabled": true,
"lpd-enabled": true,
"max-peers-global": 200,
"message-level": 2,
"peer-congestion-algorithm": "",
"peer-limit-global": 200,
"peer-limit-per-torrent": 50,
"peer-port": 19052,
"peer-port-random-high": 65535,
"peer-port-random-low": 49152,
"peer-port-random-on-start": false,
"peer-socket-tos": "le",
"pex-enabled": true,
"port-forwarding-enabled": false,
"preallocation": 1,
"prefetch-enabled": true,
"queue-stalled-enabled": true,
"queue-stalled-minutes": 30,
"ratio-limit": 2,
"ratio-limit-enabled": false,
"rename-partial-files": false,
"rpc-authentication-required": false,
"rpc-bind-address": "0.0.0.0",
"rpc-enabled": true,
"rpc-host-whitelist": "",
"rpc-host-whitelist-enabled": true,
"rpc-password": "{cc5e6589e9d2b20156692571dcddd9f5d29a9ef3j/.UYNKr",
"rpc-port": 9091,
"rpc-socket-mode": "0750",
"rpc-url": "/transmission/",
"rpc-username": "transmission",
"rpc-whitelist": "127.0.0.1,10.180.0.*,10.180.1.*",
"rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,
"scrape-paused-torrents-enabled": true,
"script-torrent-added-enabled": false,
"script-torrent-added-filename": "",
"script-torrent-done-enabled": false,
"script-torrent-done-filename": "",
"script-torrent-done-seeding-enabled": false,
"script-torrent-done-seeding-filename": "",
"seed-queue-enabled": false,
"seed-queue-size": 10,
"speed-limit-down": 100,
"speed-limit-down-enabled": false,
"speed-limit-up": 50,
"speed-limit-up-enabled": true,
"start-added-torrents": true,
"tcp-enabled": true,
"torrent-added-verify-mode": "fast",
"trash-original-torrent-files": false,
"umask": "002",
"upload-limit": 100,
"upload-limit-enabled": 0,
"upload-slots-per-torrent": 8,
"utp-enabled": true
}
Then, start transmission:
sudo systemctl start transmission-daemon