Re: [Help-gnunet] gnunet-dns interface

[Calvin Heim]

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> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 01:02:20 +0100 From: Christian Grothoff
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> Dear Calvin,
> 
> SVN HEAD is currently having some connectivity issues, which are
> my current priority to address. I don't know which version you're
> using, but if it is SVN HEAD it might do to wait a few days and
> update (assuming I manage to find & fix the issue(s), it is top on
> my list though).

I'll wait a few days then; I'm using the 0.10.1 release from
gnunet.org/gnunet0-10-1.

> 
> The gnunet-dns virtual interface is used as one way how GNUnet can 
> intercept DNS queries to pass them to the GNU Name System.  So
> depending on how you configured your system, it should be normal
> but not cause any trouble, as only DNS traffic should be passed
> there anyway.  GNUnet's own traffic (DNS and otherwise) will go
> through your normal network interfaces.
> 
> Now, you should probably also see a gnunet-vpn interface for the
> GNUnet VPN, unless you simply didn't configure that service to run
> (but in that case I wonder why the DNS interceptor is running).
> 
> Finally, you should be able to just stop your peer and use 
> "gnunet-transport -t" or gnunet-setup (if you installed gnunet-gtk)
> to test your network configuration.  If that works, most likely
> bugs are to blame and not your configuration.

gnunet-setup yields green check marks for TCP/UDP, and gnunet
transport -t yields:
Configuration for plugin `tcp' is working!
Configuration for plugin `udp' is working!


> 
> Happy hacking!
> 
> Christian
> 
> On 01/26/2015 12:09 AM, Calvin Heim wrote:
>> After installing and (improperly?) configuring gnunet, I only
>> see about three peers and my TCP connections graph fluctuates
>> between 0 and 1. I can see both src and dst packets on port 2086.
>> I was wondering (perhaps incorrectly) if my connectivity problems
>> were caused by reverse packet filtering on the gnunet-dns virtual
>> interface as mentioned in the FAQ. However, running $ sudo
>> tcpdump -D doesn't reveal a network interface called
>> "gnunet-dns", even when the gnunet account and my account are
>> both running gnunet-arm.
>> 
>> Should there be an interface called "gnunet-dns"? Or is
>> gnunet-dns just a placeholder for whatever network interface that
>> gnunet uses, like wlan0 or eth0?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Calvin
>> 
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