Re: [Mldonkey-users] Test for low ID user with wrong IP address

[Joe Hill]

On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:27:15 +0200
Steffen Solyga <address@hidden> wrote:

> Citing Jose Romildo Malaquias (Tuesday, 2003/04/08  9:27)...
> 
> >     success ... your id should be 1890626248
> > 
> > But mldonkey have servers still reporting "ERROR: Your port 4662
> > is not reachable. You have a LOWID".
> 
> This is normal, don't ask me why, heavy netload or something.
> But it shouldn't happen with all servers. Set force_high_id = true
> and let mldonkey find a server by itsown.
> 
> > How does my current IP is told to the eDonkey servers?
> 
> IP magics -- belongs to the proto spec.
> Maybe I didn't get your question...
> 
> > Why now the connection test suceeds but eDonkey servers
> > still are not able to reach the 4662 port?
> > Any clues on how to solve this problem?
> 
> If http://www.thedonkeynetwork.com/connection_test succeeds with
> IP and PORT, there _is_ a certain eDonkey-client listening at
> IP:PORT, because the test uses the eDonkey protocol (it's not
> just a simple tcp connection test). Maybe it's not _your_
> eDonkey-client (port forwarding, mldonkey running twice)?
> 
> Steffen
> 
I didn't see this mentioned specifically, but what Steffen just said
about port forwarding, Romildo, do you have a firewall (hardware or
software) running? It sounds like you connect directly, but...
> 
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