Re: not connecting

John Tate wrote:
> My client is not connecting to anyone, the hostcache is empty.

Most-likely, this means there's a problem with UDP. Do you use a firewall or
the like that would block UDP traffic? gtk-gnutella will only bootstrap over
UDP automagically. The ports for UDP and TCP are always the same. Make sure
your router, firewall or whatever does not filter, block or whatever the port
used by Gnutella UDP-wise or TCP-wise. If that's not possible configure it to
use a port that is open.

UDP isn't absolutely required for Gnutella but without it, you have to
bootstrap it yourself and suffer from other disadvantages. That means you have
to find at least one peer and connect to it manually.

> How do I add GWebCache's or whatever I do with this client?

Go to http://gcachescan.jonatkins.com/ with your web browser and follow
the URLs to GWebCaches. Usually, they'll show you a couple of peer addresses
you can connect to. Just a bit of drag & drop, or copy & paste at your
discretion and you're ready.

In any case, Gnutella is supposed to be decentral. Your best option is
to rely on your friends or whoever to connect to. Centralized bootstrap
services will come and go as time passes by.

--
Christian

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