Yes, you can install a torrent client on the machine, You may have some issues with getting all the dependencies solved.
When you want to download software on the box itself, you can feel lucky. The Glinet has a separate WAN port, so you can just disable the dns-redirect for the box itself:
Put the ethernet cable to the WAN port, and try to ping google.com
if you see another IP then 192.168.1.1 and you get resolves, it works out.
Matthias
When you want to download software on the box itself, you can feel lucky. The Glinet has a separate WAN port, so you can just disable the dns-redirect for the box itself:
/etc/init.d/piratebox nodns
Put the ethernet cable to the WAN port, and try to ping google.com
ping -c5 google.com
if you see another IP then 192.168.1.1 and you get resolves, it works out.
Matthias