[Help-gnunet] Re: new to gnunet: question about IP address of host

[David Hansen]

On Wed, Oct 30 at  9:01 Serge Winitzki wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to gnunet but I would like to join...
> 
> Suppose I want to be a gnunet host but my ADSL
> provider only gives me access for 24 hours at a
> stretch, then I am disconnected and have to dial up
> again - and I get a different IP address every time.
> 
> Are there concerns for using gnunet in this situation?
> What needs to be configured in gnunet for this to work well?
> 

Heh, same as me, these ISPs sux!

Just use 
     HELOEXPIRES     = 1
in your config.

If it's running behind a NAT box:

Forward the port gnunetd uses to this box. 

Go to http://www.dyndns.org and get and get a dynamic hostname. Update
this frequently. There are some tools available on
http://clients.dyndns.org/ I use ddclient and it seems to work well.

Use your Dynamic DNS as your IP, eg
    IP           = yourhost.dyndns.org
in gnunet.conf and again
   HELOEXPIRES   = 1
.

welcome to GNUnet, 

David

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