I just recently setup a node, and I'm trying to let it run for a while
to give it a chance to spread its tendrils so to speak.  I'm at the
point now where it's had maybe 4-5 hours to run over my 3Mb cable
connection and I'm STARTING to get a little responsiveness from the
network.

Problem is, I want to leave it running for several hours to fully
propagate itself, whatever, but it seems to be gobbling up a LOT of CPU
power.  Well, not the Freenet executable, but the java engine running
it.  That by itself wouldn't be a problem, but it seems to be making my
computer crash.  After leaving it running for 15 minutes or so, my
computer will spontaneously crash/shut-down.

I tried setting the CPU priority in the config tool to be below normal,
I tried setting the process priority in Task Manager to be below normal
for both the javaw.exe and freenet.exe processes, but it's still
devouring over 90% of my CPU on average, and it's still crashing my
system after 10-15 minutes.  This really sucks, because it was just
around NOW that things were starting to get interesting.

The system I'm running it on is:

Windows XP Pro, SP2
Athlon XP 1800+
768 RAM
3Mb cable internet connection
Windows Binary 5091 version of the Node
Sun Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_04

Can anybody help explain what's going on here and how I might fix it?  I
just recently installed SP 2 for XP, and I know that has a 10-connection
limit for half-open TCPIP connections, and in the Freenet config
utility, it says 200 connections, so I was thinking maybe that might
have something to do with it.  I actually changed that bit of my Windows
configuration, as 10 is too low.  The TCPIP stack I'm running now allows
50 half-open connections.  That may still be too low, though, depending
on just how Freenet's using TCPIP.

So, is there anybody that knows anything about running a node on a SP2
version of WinXP Pro?  Also, any advice for configuring things for
optimum performance?  I really have no idea how the Freenet network
works under the hood, so I really don't have a clue how to tune things
properly.  Any good n00b resources available that I could look at?

Any help appreciated.  I love the Freenet concept, but it's still a
little tech-heavy for me to grasp at this stage.

Thanks much,
Don



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