RE: [freenet-support] Norton Firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Nicholas Sturm
Now that we have let off the steam, did anyone ever really try to answer this nice person's questions to her satisfaction? Sorry about stirring up the hornet's nest, but I do get tired of some insisting everyone should throw away all their hard- and soft ware and get with the ONLY worthy

RE: [freenet-support] Norton Firewall

2004-06-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
1) Find the IP address of my NAT or Firewall. The FAQ says to consult my manual but I can't find this information. check http://www.whatismyip.com/ it displays your ip from their POV which is the IP the freenet nodes have to use. if your ISP dispconnects you every-so-often and you therefore have

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael R. Stork wrote: | U, no offense, but are you just being intentionally argumentative ? No, just trying to clear up a possible misconception. Some people have this idea that there's some huge difference between a personal computer and a

[freenet-support] node takes 45 min to start, yields nothing.

2004-06-15 Thread An Metet
Any Recomendations? rate limiting set to 256in and 512out to keep within limits of a shared dialup (cannot be changed unfortunatly) Jun 11, 2004 9:31:32 PM (freenet.node.Main, main, NORMAL): Starting Freenet (Fred) 0.5 node, build #5084 on JVM Sun Microsystems Inc.:Java HotSpot(TM) Client

[freenet-support] Re: connection problems

2004-06-15 Thread Jonathan Howard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uptime 31 minutes Check http://localhost:/servlet/nodeinfo/networking/ocm Connections open should be at least 20. Over time this should grow as your node learns about others, or you could reseed. Current upstream bandwidth usage 234

Re: [freenet-support] connection problems

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
You appear to have set outputBandwidthLimit=250. That is not a good idea! On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 11:15:26AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am having lot of trouble getting anywhere after installation. Can anyone tell me what the problem is from looking at this info? Node Version 0.5

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 07:45:46AM -0500, David Masover wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Madeline Brubaker wrote: | Would someone step me through setting up Norton Internet Security | Professional properly? I'm not entirely sure how to Do yourself a favor, and

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:15:09AM -0400, Michael R. Stork wrote: David Masover wrote: Michael R. Stork wrote: [...] | a hardware firewall and NAT. I wouldn't connect any PC direct to a | cable/DSL line. I would. A linux one. Or better, a BSD one. With daily updates. The firewall

Re: Linux vs Windows was (Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall)

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
Because the solution he offered was actually reasonably practical. For a lot of people anyway. Maybe not trivial but certainly not hard, and probably not expensive. However we are straying dangerously close to advocacy here... On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 12:25:15AM -0400, Michael R. Stork wrote:

Re: [freenet-support] Norton Firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
:) Good point. Personally I've never used Norton even on a Windows machine.. maybe somebody here has. On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 02:08:00AM -0400, Nicholas Sturm wrote: Now that we have let off the steam, did anyone ever really try to answer this nice person's questions to her satisfaction?

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 05:46:24PM -0500, David Masover wrote: | I had an external firewall only that sat between the cable modem and the | house LAN, but there was a problem; someone else on the LAN got a worm | (they aren't as savvy) and I was running Windows without a firewall, and | with

Re: [freenet-support] Norton Firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:01:24PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) Find the IP address of my NAT or Firewall. The FAQ says to consult my manual but I can't find this information. check http://www.whatismyip.com/ it displays your ip from their POV which is the IP the freenet nodes have

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
I would respond to this, but this is DEFINITELY getting off-topic. Please take distribution/OS advocacy to chat. On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 06:04:59PM -0500, David Masover wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nicholas Sturm wrote: | Dear | |Madeline Brubaker: | | |

Re: [freenet-support] Norton Firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
If you are just using NIS and connecting directly to the DSL modem/cable modem, then you just need to tell NIS to allow incoming connections on the listenPort... you probably don't need to set ipAddress. And if you do, on a dynamic DNS system, it probably would be a bad idea anyway. On Sun, Jun

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Jay Oliveri
This is off-topic, but illustrates some attitudes around here that are not helpful for a Freenet Support list. On Monday 14 June 2004 06:46 pm, David Masover wrote: Jay Oliveri wrote: | On Monday 14 June 2004 08:45 am, David Masover wrote: |Madeline Brubaker wrote: || Would someone step me

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Michael R. Stork
Jay Oliveri wrote: Being that this is a support list, support those who have questions in things you have answers for and ignore the rest. And let those who wish to remain ignorant of the technical details remain so. Jay Thank you ! You summed up rather nicely what I was trying to get across.

[freenet-support] How to speed up Java

2004-06-15 Thread Troed Sngberg
Saw this on /. - thought it might interest someone. Especially the part about using the server JVM instead of client JVM when speed is an issue (i.e, if you have plenty of ram but you feel Freenet use too much CPU) http://www3.sys-con.com/java/rotate2.cfm ___/ _/ -- http://troed.se -

[freenet-support] incoming bandwidth not limited

2004-06-15 Thread John Huttley
With 5084 (and previous) I'm seeing unlimited incoming traffic. The conf setting is to limit to 8k but I'm seeing 30k, which is the link limit. I'm doing some downloads and I know incoming bw is hard to control, but even so, i'd expect it to be sort of working. There is no evidence its working

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread David Masover
so. If they're curious, then they'll ask about it. But if someone is asking for an answer to a very specific question, then turning it into If someone asks Does anyone know how to make crispy bagels in the microwave and I suggest using a toaster instead for that particular task, then I'm not

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread David Masover
If it's a very old computer it may not be able to run Freenet adequately. It should. I know it isn't. Freenet uses 100% CPU wherever I run it. Heh. Well, not everyone who runs Freenet is as paranoid as some of our users are. :) They are patient enough with its slowness to be that

Re: [freenet-support] How to speed up Java

2004-06-15 Thread Paul Derbyshire
On 15 Jun 2004 at 23:29, Troed SĂ„ngberg wrote: Saw this on /. - thought it might interest someone. Especially the part about using the server JVM instead of client JVM when speed is an issue (i.e, if you have plenty of ram but you feel Freenet use too much CPU)

Re: [freenet-support] How to speed up Java

2004-06-15 Thread Toad
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:29:53PM +0200, Troed S?ngberg wrote: Saw this on /. - thought it might interest someone. Especially the part about using the server JVM instead of client JVM when speed is an issue (i.e, if you have plenty of ram but you feel Freenet use too much CPU) My

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Michael R. Stork
David Masover wrote: an excuse to tell them how ignorant they are for not doing it your way I was suggesting my way. I wasn't implying that anyone was stupid. Perhaps it wasn't you that made the first comment, but the first person who started talking about Linux in this thread did so by

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread Michael R. Stork
David Masover wrote: so. If they're curious, then they'll ask about it. But if someone is asking for an answer to a very specific question, then turning it into If someone asks Does anyone know how to make crispy bagels in the microwave and I suggest using a toaster instead for that

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael R. Stork wrote: | making beef stew. And you telling them that electric is no good, that | before they do anything else they need to rip out their stove and | install a gas one. Oh and beef isn't good for them anyway so here's this | really

Re: [freenet-support] norton firewall

2004-06-15 Thread David Masover
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael R. Stork wrote: | David Masover wrote: | | an excuse to tell them how ignorant they are for not doing it your way | | I was suggesting my way. I wasn't implying that anyone was stupid. | | Perhaps it wasn't you that made the first comment,

Re: [freenet-support] How to speed up Java

2004-06-15 Thread Phillip Hutchings
On 16/06/2004, at 11:42 AM, Toad wrote: On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:29:53PM +0200, Troed S?ngberg wrote: Saw this on /. - thought it might interest someone. Especially the part about using the server JVM instead of client JVM when speed is an issue (i.e, if you have plenty of ram but you feel