Amule and this LowID problem, but my 4662 port is open????

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totoffe · Post by **totoffe** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:51 pm

I don't know what's happening, I emerged Amule 1.2.6, my 4662 port is open, and in the server information, it doesn't tell me I have a low ID, but my ID number is always under 1000000, I saw I was lowid, when I told myself to be my friend, then I was able to do a 'Show detail' on myself, which showed me I was LowId.

What's happening?!

steveb · Post by **steveb** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:04 pm

do you have an firewall inbetween you and the internet?

or maybe your isp is blocking the port? try another port.

cheers

SteveB

totoffe · Post by **totoffe** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 2:55 pm

yes, I am in a dorm with a firewall, proxy... but how to know which ports are left open by the firewall??

steveb · Post by **steveb** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 3:25 pm

totoffe wrote:yes, I am in a dorm with a firewall, proxy... but how to know which ports are left open by the firewall??

the problem or question is not, if there is an open port on the firewall or not. the question is, is there an port wich is FORWARDED from the firewall to your computer?

if you have the firewall under your controll, then you could change the rules. if not.... then you have to live with the low-id stuff.

cheers

steve

totoffe · Post by **totoffe** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 4:37 pm

Then I guess, I'll have to live with this stuff.

Anyway thanks for the explanation.

uglyb0b · Post by **uglyb0b** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:53 pm

Out of curiosity, could you make a tunnel that goes from an interior lan to an external box with port 4662 open, using squid or something and go through that box without getting a lowid?

Gvalandor · Post by **Gvalandor** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 7:07 pm

I had the same problem with port 4662, so I just used a different port. No more low-ID

totoffe · Post by **totoffe** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:09 am

But where to tell amule to use a different port???

totoffe · Post by **totoffe** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:19 am

And which port do you currently use?

Lord_Orion · Post by **Lord_Orion** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:34 pm

You can use a solution with iptables on the computer you use as firewall...

try this

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport 4661 -j DNAT --to-dest 195.1.1.2
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -i ppp0 --dport 4661 -d 195.1.1.2 -j ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ppp0 -p tcp --dport 4662 -j DNAT --to-dest 195.1.1.2
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -i ppp0 --dport 4662 -d 195.1.1.2 -j ACCEPT
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ppp0 -p udp --dport 4672 -j DNAT --to-dest 195.1.1.2
iptables -A FORWARD -p udp -i ppp0 --dport 4672 -d 195.1.1.2 -j ACCEPT

change ppp0 if this isn't your internet connection eth0 if you're using a lan for example
and change 195.1.1.2 to the ip number for your computer
It will relay the connection for these ports to the computer that is using amule...

Just a thing... if you get a lowid with that reconnect... one or 2 times amule and you will be in highid

That's a little part of my firewall... and it works

Lord_Orion

totoffe · Post by **totoffe** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 7:55 pm

Ok thanks, but I don't own the firewall

au fait je suis à Paris...