[volunteergrid2-l] port help (was Re: New Members)

Fri Apr 6 15:27:48 UTC 2012

My node (if3-1) also has a gateway with the universal password listed on 
the same page of the Wiki.

Brad

On 4/5/2012 11:49 PM, Jody Harris wrote:
> Long ago, we set up a gateway node on my server to act as a means of
> accessing your files without exposing the secrets of the grid to the
> world.
>
> The gateway is password-protected if you request only the gateway,
> without providing a full capability (and will allow access to
> capabilities without exposing the introducer furl).
>
> Anyway, only three of us every bothered to generate passwords to
> access the node, and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who ever uses
> the node as a diagnostic tool. However, it is useful to look at this
> node to see if your node if fully available.
>
> I have put a universal usrename and password for all members on the
> "Confidential Settings" page
> http://bigpig.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ClassifiedSettings , so that
> everyone can use that node to verify your node's connection.
>
> jody
> ----
> Ph. 575-208-4567
> - Think carefully.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Iantcho Vassilev<ianchov at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Ok...It seems to fix this for me also:
>>
>>
>> I have tub.port set and tub.location just to an IP
>> but when i set it to IP:PORT
>>
>>
>> i have only one node not appearing - miurr3-dmitriy.kazimirov at viorsan.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Great :)
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 06:55, erpo41 at gmail.com<erpo41 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> I've noticed a couple of things right away:
>>>
>>> 1. Your tub.location contains a hostname but no port. According to the
>>> docs, a port is not mandatory, but...
>>>
>>> If you don't provide ``tub.location``, the node will try to figure out a
>>>     useful one by itself, by using tools like "``ifconfig``" to determine
>>> the
>>>     set of IP addresses on which it can be reached from nodes both near and
>>>     far.  It will also include the TCP port number on which it is listening
>>>     (either the one specified by ``tub.port``, or whichever port was
>>> assigned
>>>     by the kernel when ``tub.port`` is left unspecified).
>>>
>>> The way I read this documentation, the behavior of `tahoe` is defined
>>> when tub.location is not provided and when tub.location is set to
>>> something of the form ip_address:port. It does not explicitly say that
>>> it will use tub.port when tub.location contains only a hostname,
>>> although that sounds like a sane default behavior it is likely to
>>> employ.
>>>
>>> You may want to consider setting tub.location to
>>> masterme120.us.to:1027 and seeing what happens.
>>>
>>> Also, it appears you have set shares.total equal to shares.happy. I
>>> think I remember reading somewhere that a bug in tahoe can cause
>>> problems if H is not at least one or two less than N. Or, maybe that's
>>> not the case and I'm just tired.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Benjamin<masterme120 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> Ok, here's my config file (minus the furls):
>>>> http://pastebin.com/sHnVAC0S
>>>>
>>>> I wasn't sure what the etiquette is for posting large files.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 3:15 AM, erpo41 at gmail.com<erpo41 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> It may be helpful to post the contents of your tahoe.cfg file (perhaps
>>>>> with the introducer furl redacted).
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:48 PM, Benjamin<masterme120 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>> client.port says "1027"  The hardcoded limit is 1024.  Why would my
>>>>>> port be different for the two of you?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Jody Harris<jharris at harrisdev.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Verify what you're using port 1027 for. My node shows that Tahoe-LAFS
>>>>>>> is being directed to 75.49.9.181:59967
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You can verify your client port from .tahoe/client.port
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Linux, only root can have access to ports below some hardcoded
>>>>>>> limit.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> jody
>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>> Ph. 575-208-4567
>>>>>>> - Think carefully.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Benjamin<masterme120 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm using 1027 as my port, and a port scanner showed that it's open.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Jody Harris<jharris at harrisdev.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Does your DMZ expose ALL ports, or only those below 10000?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's all I've got. Sorry.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> jody
>>>>>>>>> ----
>>>>>>>>> Ph. 575-208-4567
>>>>>>>>> - Think carefully.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Benjamin<masterme120 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> ianchov at gmail.com
>>>>>>>>>>> steve.dodson at gmail.com-hiro
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There is one node that is not connecting to anyone right now:
>>>>>>>>>>> miurr3-dmitriy.kazimirov at viorsan.com
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Those are the ones I can't connect to, but I'm in a DMZ, so I
>>>>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>>>>> be reachable on any port.
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