Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 4.1
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Chapter 15: Download Files with Download Station
File Hosting
There are many online file hosting and media sharing websites, where users can upload and share the files or
multimedia contents with other people. With Download Station, you can download files from those websites. For
more information about downloading files from those websites with your premium or free membership information,
click the
Help
button (with a question mark) at the top-right corner, go to
Download Station
>
Set up
BT/HTTP/FTP/NZB
, and refer to the
File Hosting
section.
BT
In this section, you can edit the following settings for downloading BT files.
To specify the TCP port number:
Enter “6881” at the
TCP Port
field. By default, the port is 6881. It can also be set from 1 to 65535 manually by the
administrator.
Note:
You cannot use the following port number for BT access, because they are reserved for system use:
Port Number
:
20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 80, 110, 137, 138, 139, 143, 199, 443, 445, 515, 543, 548, 587, 873, 993, 995,
3306, 3689, 5000, 5001, 5005, 5006, 5335, 5432, 9997, 9998, 9999
FTP default port range
:
The actual range may vary depending on different models.
To set up BT upload and download rates:
Enter the maximum upload and download rate for BT downloads and uploads in the
Max. upload rate
or
Max.
download rate
fields. ("0" means unlimited.)
BT Network Setting
See below for more advanced BT settings.
To encrypt BT traffic:
1
Choose any of the following from the
BT protocol encryption
drop-down menu:
Disable
: Disable outgoing encrypted connections, but will accept incoming encrypted connections.
Auto
: Attempt to accept incoming encrypted connections, but will fall back to an unencrypted mode if
connection fails.
Always
: Always accept incoming encrypted connections and use outgoing encrypted connections.
2
Click
OK
.
To set maximum number of peers for each BT task:
1
Enter a number in the
Max. peers allowed per torrent file
field. ("Peers" are BT clients currently sharing the
same files over the network.)
2
Click
OK
.
To enable DHT for BT network:
1
Tick
Enable DHT network
, and then change the default
DHT UDP port
setting if necessary.
2
Click
OK
.
Auto Stop Task
The BT download task will continue seeding even when the task is finished. This setting allows you modify the
share ratio and seeding interval for the download task.
Note:
Download Station will stop tasks when both criteria are met.
BT Search
In this section, you can see a list of default BT search engines. When you use the
BT Search
function to search
for torrent files, Download Station will list search results provided by these search engines.
You can also click
Add
and upload a BT search engine plug-in to add your favorite BT search engines to the list.
