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[Sat Chit Ananda]

Dear friends,
how do I setup the firewall on OSX PAnther?

aMule told me that:

2006-11-11 15:41:21: WARNING: You have recieved Low-ID!
2006-11-11 15:41:21:    Most likely this is because you're behind a firewall or router.

How do I overcome the problem?

I'm not an expert so please keep it simple...

I forgot to mention that I've a cable connection with a SB4200 Motorola modem, no router.
Thank you very much!!!

[lionel77]

Here's my canned response:

You need to forward the ports that aMule uses in your router. Take a look at http://portforward.com/routers.htm, that page has detailed step-by-step instructions for pretty much every router on the market.

aMule uses three ports (see Preferences->Connection) that need to be forwarded:

• a client TCP port
• a client UDP port (this is the above port +3)
• and an eMule extended UDP port

Also, if you are running any firewall software (e.g., OS X's built-in firewall, which you can control via System Preferences->Sharing->Firewall) on your computer, you need to open the above ports there as well.

You can use the connection tester to check whether the client TCP port can be reached from the outside, that is, whether it is forwarded properly in your router and not blocked by any firewall software.

Good luck. :)

[Sat Chit Ananda]

Dear Lionel,

Thanks for your response.

Sorry but maybe I was unclear, I don't have a router, only a cable modem.

So do I only need to open the TCP connection on the firewall?

[Sat Chit Ananda]

Ok, so... I added port 4662 to the firewall and now it seems to works, is it enough?

[lionel77]

Originally posted by Sat Chit Ananda
Sorry but maybe I was unclear, I don't have a router, only a cable modem.

No you were not unclear, I just can't read anymore.

Ok, so... I added port 4662 to the firewall and now it seems to works, is it enough?

The client tcp port is actually the most important one, but you should also open the two udp ports (see my first posting in this thread) in your firewall. They help you to get more sources for your downloads.

[Sat Chit Ananda]

Ah ok, I understood! Thanks!

Now I opened these ports you told me, as in Preferences->Connection.

But when I test them only 4662 is working the other 2 give me this error message:


Error: TCP port 4672 is unavailable. Make sure your firewall or router is allowing/forwarding this TCP service port and your ED2K client is running (i.e. aMule, eMule).

Detailed Error Message
TCP Error 111 Connection refused

Explanation
The port is available for connections but a connection was refused meaning there is nothing listening on that port. This most likely means you can use ED2K but your client is not currently running. Try running this test again with an ED2K client running to make sure you can really establish a connection. No info available; this TCP error probably indicates a problem with the networking on your system (i.e. the TCP/IP stack).


Any idea why? What is a ED2K client???

Thanks so much for your help!!!

[wuischke]

Nevermind about this error message. The ports you have opened are UDP not TCP (the main difference is, that TCP needs all the data to arrive in a fixed order while UDP doesn't require this, it's just a protocol thingy) and the connection tester only test for TCP. You shouldn't bother about this, just make sure you opened these ports UDP (or both) in the firewall.

An ed2k-client is a program which connects to the ed2k-network, like aMule or eMule.

[Sat Chit Ananda]

Thank you very much indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alext1941]

hi  i'm alexandra
i'm new here but i followed the explanation about setting the TCP and so i have i high ID but my KAD is still firewalled what can i do about it?


thanks

[skolnick]

You should add the UDP ports just the same as you did with the TCP one, since AFAIK, kad uses the UDP port for communications.

Regards.