Okay, here's the deal at present: If you don't port forward, bidi connections means that you may still be able to become a useful member of the network by serving requests for nodes that you opened connections to. However, you may not, in practice, as Newsbyte's node is an example of (have you tried reseeding, Newsbyte? Could you perhaps reinstall, then send me the routing table and open connections pages twice daily for a few days? Probably the Environment page would help too).
If you DO port forward, then your node's IP address will be detected automatically and everything should just work. Automatic port forwarding is possible for some routers via UP&P but has not yet been implemented. On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 11:10:07AM +0200, Newsbyte wrote: > Yes, well...welcom to the club. It's really not that much of a surprise. > > What can I say? > > > I suggest you scrutinise www.freenethelp.org and see if you can find any > useful hints there. > > Your situation is not unique, and there are some possible reasons mentionned > on the wiki, but it still could be that it doesn't apply in your case. > > For instance, I suspect that people that have a router/firewall still have > more difficulties running (connecting) it, even though the new builds are > supposed to work without a prob even if you have one. I'm wondering > though...can anyone, preferably a devl, explain to me what exactly is the > deal in regard to that? DOES it work now 'out of the box', or do you need to > adapt your configuration (NAT, port,...) and if so to what degree. Pls make > a clear and understandable (for noobs) explanation so that I can copy&paste > it on the wiki. (Also if there are other likely opinions on why a node can't > connect after hours are welcommed). > > Any volunteers? > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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