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technical requirements and capabilites of network access (supernode, storagenode, ...)
hi there, i wanted to post the official question about what the exact technical requirements and capabilites of network access for wuala are, to allow wuala become a supernode, or a client node and all this techstuff information.
some of my wuala clients only become storage nodes (supernode capability false, and mediated over ip/node .....)
i wonder what the exact technical requirements for the networkconnection of wuala are and if this could be made more transparent to the userbase (documentation).
all of my clients run on highcapacity broadband nodes, but none of the wuala clients run directly on the external ip-address/interface visible to the external inet.
some wuala clients run via a upnp-capable internetgateway, others have normal portforwaring set up properly. all wuala client connections result in a good/green connection. all nodes exchange and host/trade storage.
so far it seems as if supernodecapability was somehow related to upnp-ed connection (or maybe direct inet connection without any firewall/restrictions).
i am wondering if this could be enhanced or why portforwarded wuala clients wont become supernodes.
cheers.
some of my wuala clients only become storage nodes (supernode capability false, and mediated over ip/node .....)
i wonder what the exact technical requirements for the networkconnection of wuala are and if this could be made more transparent to the userbase (documentation).
all of my clients run on highcapacity broadband nodes, but none of the wuala clients run directly on the external ip-address/interface visible to the external inet.
some wuala clients run via a upnp-capable internetgateway, others have normal portforwaring set up properly. all wuala client connections result in a good/green connection. all nodes exchange and host/trade storage.
so far it seems as if supernodecapability was somehow related to upnp-ed connection (or maybe direct inet connection without any firewall/restrictions).
i am wondering if this could be enhanced or why portforwarded wuala clients wont become supernodes.
cheers.
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Inappropriate?Hm, on my laptop I have UPnP working but no supernode, my server has it's own forwarded port and it is a supernode... interestingly my other computer got almost instantly supernodepowers too one day, even though it is not very often in Wuala - and it generated quite some traffic while idling after watching a movie (~70 kB/s Download, 55(capped) kB/s Upload, no storage node, temporary data cleared)
I agree with you that the node-system has got to be explained a lot better to us (maybe provide some real documentaition or beta, as suggested in the other thread :D )
Maybe all that is needed to becoe a supernode is a open port and then the network checks for itself how many supernodes are around and if it needs more, then some nodes get "promoted" automatically? We could just "see" causality when there is none since we believe there must be a factor on our side...
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Inappropriate?so for example, what is this "super without loopback, mediated over ....." information in the network debug window.....
anyone care to enlighten us at last? -
Inappropriate?Basically, it's a classification of your connectivity, similar to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_t...
We don't need to test everything that's mentioned there, but we additionally test if your router supports loopback (i.e. if your computer receives packets your computer sends to its own external address). Mediated means that your computer might need help from the another computer to establish connections to some other nodes.
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