On Wednesday 30 September 2009 16:16:02 Jonathan Bannister wrote: > Outstanding! I'll give it a try. The time spent illuminating the issue > with such clarity is much appreciated.
Any chance of an FAQ page or expand the relevant wiki page or page on the main site? > > Best wishes, > > JB > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luke771" <luke771.li...@gmail.com> > To: <support@freenetproject.org> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:39 AM > Subject: Re: [freenet-support] connection assistance > > > > Jonathan Bannister wrote: > >> Thank you. I will think about it some more. > >> > >> Best wishes, > >> > >> JB > >> > >>> bqz69 пишет: > >>> > >>>> On Monday 28 September 2009 21.54.52 VolodyA! V Anarhist wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Jonathan Bannister пишет: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Thank you for this sugestion. I have done this repeatedly, with no > >>>>>> success. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I note the following suggestion: "it would be a good idea to forward > >>>>>> the > >>>>>> ports 61616 and 27307 (UDP) on your router." How is this > >>>>>> accomplished? > >>>>>> > >>>> I am using firestarter firewall, and that's where I forward my ports (I > >>>> am > >>>> using ubuntu linux) > >>>> > >>> The port may be blocked at any level *before* the firestarter even gets > >>> a > >>> chance > >>> to see it. Think of the network connection as a water pipe, if you have > >>> several > >>> volves prior to the one at the tip of the hose closing any single one of > >>> them > >>> will block the flow of water. > >>> > >>> Router is the piece of hardware that takes the traffic it receives from > >>> one > >>> network and sends it to the different network. One of those "networks" > >>> can > >>> actually be seen as the cloud of "the Internet" (since it is connected > >>> on > >>> and on > >>> with more and more networks). At some point there is a closed port > >>> before > >>> it > >>> reaches the internet. > >>> > >>> ISPs sometimes close the ports, and if you have a router in your house, > >>> it > >>> may > >>> have come preconfigured to close everything unless told to do otherwise. > >>> I > >>> honestly do not know enough at this point to help you any more... sorry. > >>> > >>> - Volodya > >>> > >>> "None of us are free until all of us are free." ~ Mihail Bakunin > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> > >>> > > OK, here's how you forward your ports, nice and easy: > > > > > > First, let's identify the router > > The router is a piece of hardware that looks like a relatively small > > box, it comes in various sizes but the kind used at home is generally > > half the size of a laptop (a big laptop). > > > > The router has a number of ethernet ports, the cables used to connect to > > such ports end in RJ45 connectors that look like a bigger telephone > > jack. Routers often have one or two relatively short and thick antennas, > > sometime they only have ethernet ports. The most common home routers > > have 8 ports but there are much bigger ones. > > > > Your router is placed between your PC and the 'internet outlet' in the > > wall, in the sense that the ethernet cable (internet wire) from the back > > of your computer connects to the router, and the router connects to the > > 'internet outlet'). > > Find the router and note its brand and model. > > If you use a wireless connection, the router will only have a cable to > > the wall outlet and not to the PC, but it can be easily identified > > anyway: it's the box that must stay turned on, or your internet dies :P > > Physically locating your router is useful if you don't have a manual. > > > > > > > > The web interface > > > > If you happen to have a manual for your router, find out how to access > > the web interface. If you don't have a manual go to the manufacturer's > > web page (hint: www.brandname.com ), look for your model and find the > > information. > > Generally, the web interface is found at the router's IP address on port > > 80, that means: if your router's IP is 10.0.0.1, you will probably find > > the web interface pointing a web browser to http://10.0.0.1 > > > > In some cases the web interface is on a different port rather than the > > default http port 80. If that's the case use :port# at the end of the IP > > address, example http://10.0.0.1:8800 if the port is 8800. > > > > > > > > > > Finding out your router's IP > > > > To figure out where to point your web browser, do the follwoing: > > On Windows: open a cmd shell (start > run > (type) cmd [enter] ) and > > type 'ipconfig /all' (no quotes) > > On Linux, and other *nix (probably even Mac): open a terminal and type > > 'ifconfig -a' > > > > That will give you your own IP address. Your router is probably in the > > same range at -0 or -1, e.g. if your IP address is 10.0.0.137 your > > router is probably (but not always) at 10.0.0.0 or 10.0.0.1 (if this > > doesnt help, google probably will) > > > > > > > > > > Forwarding ports > > > > Web interfaces don't look all exactly the same so I can't walk you > > through the whole procedure, but with help of your manual or the > > manufacturer's website (and Google) you should be able to figure out > > what to do as long as you know exactly what you want to accomplpish, > > which in our case is: > > > > * Forward port (number/s) FROM (the router's IP) => TO (the PC's IP) for > > protocol UDP * > > > > ...which is pretty much all what this quick guide boils down to. > > The 'protocol UDP' thing means that you only need to select UDP and not > > TCP. > > Hope this helps.
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