Author: toad Date: 2007-12-11 21:09:18 +0000 (Tue, 11 Dec 2007) New Revision: 16504
Modified: trunk/website/pages/en/download.php Log: Update the download page Modified: trunk/website/pages/en/download.php =================================================================== --- trunk/website/pages/en/download.php 2007-12-11 20:07:18 UTC (rev 16503) +++ trunk/website/pages/en/download.php 2007-12-11 21:09:18 UTC (rev 16504) @@ -1,19 +1,15 @@ <h2>Download Freenet 0.7</h2> <h3>Important note for first time users</h3> -Freenet 0.7 is different to most other P2P networks in that, to protect -your security, you only connect directly to other people you trust, but -through them you gain access to the entire Freenet network. -<p> +<p>In an ideal world, all Freenet users would only connect to people they +trust (see your Friends page once your node is installed). In practice, if +you don't know anyone already on Freenet you will have to enable promiscuous +mode so your node automatically connects to other nodes (this is less +secure). It may take several minutes for your node to connect to enough +nodes for Freenet to be usable, and performance will likely improve over +time after that. You will get best performance if you can leave your node +running 24x7.</p> -When you first start Freenet 0.7 your node will not know any other nodes -on the network, you need to connect to other nodes - at least three. -Ideally you should find people you trust that are already part of the -Freenet 0.7 network and connect to them, but if that isn't possible in -the early stages of the Freenet 0.7 network you can try connecting to -the irc server <b>irc.freenode.net</b> and join the channel -<b>#freenet-refs</b>, to see if anyone will connect to you. - <p> <i>If you have a firewall or a NAT box click <a href="/faq.html#firewall"><b>here</b></a> for some info.</i> <BR> <BR> @@ -72,21 +68,18 @@ <h3>So it's running, what do I do?</h3> -You need to get connected. If you know anyone running Freenet, ask them +<p>You need to get connected. If you know anyone running Freenet, ask them for their reference, and give them yours. If you visit <pre>http://127.0.0.1:8888/friends/</pre> in your browser, you can see your reference at the bottom and you can add other people's references, either by cutting and pasting the reference itself, or by pointing Freenet to a URL or a file containing their -reference. -<p> -If you don't know anyone running Freenet, visit #freenet-refs on -irc.freenode.net and ask nicely to exchange references with someone. -You will find a tool like <a -href="http://dark-code.bulix.org/";>http://dark-code.bulix.org</a> useful (please don't -paste references into the #freenet-refs IRC channel). -<p> -</B>Note: You need to add their reference and they need to add -yours before your nodes can communicate.</b> +reference.</p> +<p><b>Note: You need to add their reference and they need to add +yours before your nodes can communicate.</b></p> +<p>If you don't know anyone running Freenet, enable promiscuous mode +(also known as opennet; the first time wizard will ask you), and wait +a few minutes for the node to announce itself, and Freenet will +start working by itself.</p> <h3>So I'm connected, what do I do?</h3> @@ -94,6 +87,13 @@ <pre>http://127.0.0.1:8888/</pre> You can find links to some <a href="http://wiki.freenetproject.org/FreenetZeroPointSevenApps";>third party applications for freenet</a>. + +<h3>It doesn't work, now what?</h3> +<p>If you have problems installing or running Freenet, please contact us on +<a href="mailto:support at freenetproject.org">the support list</a> +(<a href="/lists.html">subscribe here</a>), or join us on +<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC"; title="Internet Relay Chat is a non-anonymous chat system used by many developers and users of Freenet">IRC</a> +on <a href="irc://irc.freenode.net/freenet">#freenet</a> on irc.freenode.net.</p> <h3>Hardware requirements</h3> <b>Minimum:</b> 400MHz Pentium 2, with at least 192MB of RAM.<br>
