[freenet-support] Re: Connecting to Freenet ?

[Jose M . Arnesto]

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 15:32:17 -0400, Michael R. Stork
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Hi there

I'm trying to set up a Freenet node, and I'm not having any luck at all. 
I've followed all the instructions for opening up ports on my router, 
and I've reseeded several times now.

I'm running Win XP Pro SP1 with all the latest updates, the latest build 
(5084) of Freenet,  and my router is a D-Link DI-604. Within the router 
I've opened  the following ports; 64028 (the listen port listed in the 
freenet INI file), 8481,  . I opened the last two just to be on the 
safe side, since it wasn't working anyway. I'm connected to the net, and 
I'm able to get other P2P software to work; Limewire, Kazaa, Shareazaa, 
so I'm not sure why your software won't get through.

Anyway, hope that you can help
Mike S.

What is the problem you are experiencing? An error message (if
so, which)? Are you uncapable of downloading anything from Freenet?
What? Details, please.

If it is the latter, I would run Frost
(jtcfrost.sourceforge.net) to see if you receive messages. If that is
the case, your node is alive and it will just need time to get
integrated into the network.

In any case, redirecting ports  and 8481 in your router is
a *bad* idea (those ports shouldn't be accesible from the outside).
Only the main listening port should be redirected (64028 in your
case). By the way, that 64028 port is a randomly chosen one, so you
shouldn't disclose it, say, in Frost, if you don't want to compromise
your anonymity.

Kind regards.

-- 
Jose M. Arnesto
j[insert my surname [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Re: [freenet-support] Re: Connecting to Freenet ?

[Michael R. Stork]

Jose M.Arnesto wrote:
On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 15:32:17 -0400, Michael R. Stork
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 

Hi there
I'm trying to set up a Freenet node, and I'm not having any luck at all. 
I've followed all the instructions for opening up ports on my router, 
and I've reseeded several times now.
   

What is the problem you are experiencing? An error message (if
so, which)? Are you uncapable of downloading anything from Freenet?
What? Details, please.
	If it is the latter, I would run Frost
(jtcfrost.sourceforge.net) to see if you receive messages. If that is
the case, your node is alive and it will just need time to get
integrated into the network.
 

You know what, I think it was the time issue. I've been trying to get 
onto Freedon engine, and getting the error message Couldn't connect to 
the network. Are you sure you have configured Freenet correctly? Also 
make sure that you are connected to the internet. Couldn't get Key  
one about the network possibly being busy and to reseed my nodes. But I 
was just able to get onto Freedom Engine, so it's likely that the 
problems solved. It's odd that it couldn't load the thumbnails on the 
main internet screen, or even get to the readme file though.

Oh well, I'll give it time and see what happens.
Mike S.
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