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English => Multiplatform => Mac OSX => Topic started by: D@7 on September 09, 2005, 01:39:21 PM

Title: Connecting to amule
Post by: D@7 on September 09, 2005, 01:39:21 PM
Hello guys... im a new user to amule on Mac...i downloaded the amule and it is not connecting.... the log tells me that the connection failed and when starting the program it tells me that i have a lowID ....


please Help   ;(
Title: Re: Connecting to amule
Post by: lfroen on September 09, 2005, 01:47:16 PM
You have firewall. Read the manual (wiki) what is it about.
Title: Re: Connecting to amule
Post by: lionel77 on September 10, 2005, 05:55:03 AM
more likely, you have not forwarded amule's ports in your router.
see the following post that ken wrote some time ago in a different thread:

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Originally posted by ken
Here's a page about setting up port-forwarding for your router (http://www.portforward.com/netcomm/NB1300PLUS4-portforwarding.htm) so you can compare their instructions with what you did.  Make sure to see the part at the top about assigning your PowerBook a static IP address.

You have to:
  • Pick two port numbers, one for TCP and one for UDP.  These numbers must be between 1024 and 65532.  The UDP number should not be equal to the TCP port number plus 3.  There's a different UDP port that is automatically assigned TCP+3.
  • Configure aMule with those port numbers you chose.  Restart aMule for the changes to take effect.
  • Configure your router to forward all three ports (TCP you chose, UDP you chose, UDP at TCP+3) to your PowerBook.  For some programs it is OK for the public port numbers and the private port numbers to be different, but for aMule they must be the same.  Don't forget the Save Settings and Reboot step.
That should be it.  Try the testport script again.

If that still doesn't work, then there must be a firewall or something that you're not aware of.

On another topic, I think you are using a bad value for your upload limit.  Your ADSL supports 128 kilobits up.  The setting in aMule's preferences is specified in kilobytes.  So, you want to set it to about 10 or 12.  (128 / 8 = 16, but 2.0.1 still has a problem where it actually uploads about 4 kBps more than you specify and you want to leave some available for other internet programs.  This has been fixed in CVS.)

I hope that helps.  :)