Actaully, this might be caused by a bug releated to seednodes reading which is solved in build 5033 (the absolute newest one)..
Could you try upgrading to that build and also download http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/seednodes.ref and replace your local seednodes.ref file with this one... regards /N ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 2:58 AM Subject: Re: [freenet-support] Can't receive any Freenet data > > This is sadly a common first user situation. > > Exactly what happened? Did you try to fetch the links on the Web > > Interface page? Even under ideal conditions a node takes a while to > > become fully functional (current estimates are around 24 hours for a > > node to be reasonably useful). > > 24 hours are a long time for just a single connection. > I allways get the following error: > > "Couldn't Retrieve Key > Couldn't connect to the network. Are you sure you have configured Freenet > correctly? Also make sure that you are connected to the internet." > > when trying to connect to a freenet link like: > http://127.0.0.1:8888/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/TFE//?htl=15&try=3 > > > > > I note that you haven't showed the external internet address of the > > router. Did you add it to the freenet.conf file?: > > ipAddress=82.65.12.3 > > or > > ipAddress=amphibian.dyndns.org > > [ using dyndns is a common solution for such setups, they are a free > > dynamic DNS provider, www.dyndns.org ] > > > I didn't showed it because the external ip changes allways automatically > after the login to my ISP. > I just started the router and then i used the IP the router get from the ISP > after the login in the freenet.conf file, after editing the freenet.conf file > with the new ip i started freenet. > > > > > > Also, did you remove the % at the beginning of the line? > > No sorry i forgot it. > But i removed it a few minutes ago and tried it again but still no success. > I still get the above mentioned error message. > Do i really have to wait 24 hours for the first connection success message? > > > > > > > Those are the iptables firewall rules i used for accesing freenet: > > > iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT -o ppp0 -p tcp \ > > > -s 192.168.100.8 --sport 1024: --dport 23030 -m state > > > --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED > > > > > > iptables -A FORWARD -j ACCEPT -i ppp0 -p tcp \ > > > --sport 23030 -d 192.168.100.8 -m state --state > > > ESTABLISHED,RELATED > > > > > > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport 23020 -j DNAT > > > --to-dest 192.168.100.8 > > > > Ok. Tell me your IP address and I will check connectivity. Or come to > > #freenet on irc.freenode.net, we will see if we can help you. > > Ok i just tested on the Shield UP website (a port scanner -> http://grc.com/ ) > if the port 23030 is open. > The results where: > > Port: 23030 > Status: Open > Protocol and Application: Unknown Protocol for this port > Unknown Application for this port > > Seems to me that this is working. > > > > > > > I do not know if it is a firewall rules problem. Check the Open > > Connections page, do you have incoming connections? > > No, the Open Connection page shows the following: > > "Connections open (Inbound/Outbound/Limit) 0 (0/0/512) > Connections transferring (Receiving/Transmitting) 0 (0/0) > Bytes waiting to be sent None" > > Best Regards, > Oliver C. > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > _______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
