Running uTorrent from a router...

[dagnamit]

Hi All, i have an ASUS RT-N56U router which includes a built in, albeit very limited, torrent client and i wondered if it was possible to either:

- replace this torrent client with uTorrent, or

- add uTorrent as an additional client

From what i can gather, the router is built on some kind of a stripped down linux o/s. And the file structure for the existing torrent client is just a hidden folder called ".apps" then a "bin" folder and then a resource script called ".rtorrent.rc" along with many other script files.

Appologies if this is a really stupid request but the existing client is so slow and lacking in any kind of functionality, i thought it was worth a shot!

And if it is possible i may well need some step-by-step instructions, so thanks for any help u can provide and let me know if you need any other info.

Ta.

[DreadWingKnight]

Because of the architecture of the router, it's not possible for either of the options you want.

[dagnamit]

Because of the architecture of the router, it's not possible for either of the options you want.

Thanks DreadWing, at least i know now. I assume it's the firmware that is the limiting factor as opposed to the hardware? In which case i'll keep my fingers crossed that a custom ware is developed to get around this issue - although i believe i read that this was either difficult or unlikely to happen too

Thanks

[moogly]

There is a commercial version of µT for router/NAS etc... Anyway I guess you're not a router manufacturer...

[DreadWingKnight]

I assume it's the firmware that is the limiting factor as opposed to the hardware?

Nope. Hardware rather than firmware.