regarding firewall and port-forwarding
 

hi,
I'm using gtk-gnutella on an adsl connection. i have a static ip address and have a 4-port billion5100 switch with 4 computers on LAN ... gtk-gnutella's gnutellaNet window tries to connect to various hosts but keeps failing ...
i have read the FAQ and have set up port forwarding on my adsl .. but its still not working.

i really want to use this software . please let me know how to fix it.

thanks in advance.
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sorry .. forgot to mention that i'm using it on Slackware linux 9.1

re: firewall
 

you're never going to get an answer from these guys. they have "firewall" confused with "port blocker" and don't even seem to know what an actual firewall is.

nevertheless you should be able to connect marginally, though your ability to download will be extremely limited. (AFAIK, kazaa is the only program which works well with firewalls, though it's completely by accident on their part.)

try connecting one of the workstations directly to the adsl router. if this doesn't work, the adsl router itself will have to be reconfigured.

if it does work, then you don't need a separate machine for a firewall - the adsl router may function as a firewall itself. just connect the adsl router directly to the switch.

thanx buddy ... i'll give it a shot ... i was successfully using kazaa thru wine but wine was hogging a lot of resources .. just wanted to try gnutella once ...
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