On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:25:49 +0100, Level 13 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I read the other day that after at least two days, the speed of
> freenet gets to normal. However, after almost one week the speed was
> still pretty low on my end

Low speed *is* normal.  But it depends on how slow you're talking about.

> quite a few DNF and such

DNFs are also normal.  Depending on what you're trying to get at. 
There are some freesites listed on the indexes that nobody is ever
going to reach again.  They're gone.  On those sites, you're going to
get DNF.  DNF doesn't necessarily mean "error".  The data could
honestly not be there.

> As for the resource hog part, I guess I have to get some extra RAM (I
> have 512 MB now), java isn't really my big friend when it comes to
> this. ;)

Java is nobody's friend.  It's just that some people are into the
whole pain thing.  Java always likes more memory, so more memory would
help you, but 512 MB should be enough.  Get more because you want it,
not because some application makes you think you need it.

> I could use some advice on how to remedy the situation with slowness

Get used to it?  That's all I can think of.  If you're not here for
ideological reasons, the speed will be bugging you for a while to
come.

> and peaceful co-existence with p2p applications as mentioned before.

I can't help you there.  There's no known common problems with other
P2P applications.  If it really is Freenet messin' with emule and
BitTorrent, it's something special to your setup.

> Just one last thing... the anonymity part isn't really working here. I
> mean, one can still see the IP's and possibly resolved node names in
> the connection list (or, if/when they're blocked, in firewall's log).
> So if "someone" declares freenet illegal, the IP's are still there

It's not presently the goal of the Freenet to provide anonymity to
node operators.  Freenet is supposed to provide anonymity to people
who take content, and to those who make it available.  It's like if
you whisper something to your co-worker, and he whispers it to
somebody else, and she whispers to the next person, and so on. 
Eventually, the whispered message will get to the person it was
intended for, and the boss never knows who the message was for.  She
*does* know, however, who took part in the whole thing.

There's gotta be meatspace somewhere.

-todd
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