> I am a newbie who has just set up a permanent node, and I'm getting > abysmal results trying to access freesites. The few attempts that > succeed take up to an hour to load, and most sites never come back at > all. Is this performance normal?
... Yes ... Although an hour seems excessive. For example, the more popular freesites (e.g. those which are nearer the top of the page at The Freedom Engine) should be retrievable in a matter of minutes or less, depending on connectivity. > I've heard conflicting reports about > how to improve performance, from adding every site you've ever seen to > your seedrefs file to cleaning out your seedrefs file. What's the deal > on improving performance? Is it simply a matter of time? There's no real way to get an immediate-oxygen-hit boost to your performance. Time is the best way, especially if you have a permanent node. Just try retrieving as many different things as you can for now, as your node will use this to find out about the other Freenet nodes in its neighbourhood and so improve routing over time. > I expect my IP address to change soon? What effect will this have on my > node? Will I need to blast all the data and do a fresh install, or can > I move the working node to the new address? You don't need to change any of the software. You can use the rabbit's Configure option (under Windows) or edit freenet.conf / freenet.ini to set a new IP address. Then stop and restart Freenet. You won't lose any data in your freenet data store. In fact, in the not-too-distant future, you won't even need to change anything - Freenet will automatically notice that your IP address has changed and reconfigure itself accordingly. d _______________________________________________ support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
