Re: Problems starting relay

[Geoff Down <downie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I downloaded the Vidlalia/Tor/Privoxy bundle all together.
I'm pretty sure my PC hasn't changed from 192.168.1.2 from the point of 
view of the router (there's nothing else on the LAN). It's a Safecom 
SWART2-54125 BTW.
Other than port forwarding, I have no idea what other settings there 
could be. I have software to prevent outgoing connections, but no 
software firewall to prevent incoming ones as far as I know - the 
router is supposed to handle that.
GD
On 2 Nov 2008, at 05:30, Jonathan Addington wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 12:21 AM, Geoff Down <downie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > thanks for the response.
> > I have no ORListenAddress line in the torrc file - I will try adding 
> > that
> > line.
> > The OrPort line is
> > ORPort 9001
> > as expected for non-windows
> > Versions are
> >  Tor v0.2.0.31 (r16744)
> > Vidalia 0.1.9
>
> Did you download Tor and Vidalia separately?
>
> I assume this is the stable version of Tor?
>
> Also, post if these changes (or others) work for you.
>
> Finally, I obviously have no idea you are setup. But if your computer
> gets a dynamic address from the router (standard DHCP setup) you may
> want to check the port forward part again. It is *possible* that your
> computer changes IP's (again, internally) since you set up the port
> forwarding.
>
> > GD
> >
> > On 2 Nov 2008, at 05:09, Jonathan Addington wrote:
> >
> > > I can only be of so much help compared to many of the others on this
> > > list but I'll give it a shot as I am posting as it.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Geoff Down <downie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I'm having trouble starting up a Tor relay.
> > > > Once I set up port forwarding (I've tried to set it up for TCP and 
> > > > UDP),
> > > > should I be able to
> > >
> > > Tor only operates in TCP, you don't need to set yourself up UDP.
> > >
> > > > a) Ping myself from a looking-glass service
> > > > b) Traceroute myself from a looking glass ?
> > > > At the moment neither of these work.
> > > > I get 'cannot confirm you can be seen from the outside world' 
> > > > errors.
> > > > I'm on a dynamic IP, Mac OSX, I haven't changed any of the defaults 
> > > > from
> > > > the
> > > > Vidalia bundle.
> > > > the logs say
> > > > 'Nov 02 04:35:41.569 [Notice] Opening OR listener on 0.0.0.0:9001'
> > >
> > > It probably shouldn't be listening on 0.0.0.0. localhost:9001 or
> > > 127.0.0.1:9001 are normal unless OS X is different from Windows &
> > > Linux (sorry, not real familiar with Macs).
> > >
> > > Changing that may be enough. It would mean editing your torrc file so
> > > the  ORListenAddress  line is something like
> > >
> > > ORListenAddress localhost:9001
> > >
> > > -or--not both-
> > >
> > > ORListenAddress 127.0.0.1:9001
> > >
> > >
> > > Also, your ORPort line (default: ORPort 9001) must match the above
> > > lines. E.g., if
> > >
> > > ORPort 2394
> > >
> > > then
> > >
> > > ORListenAddress localhost:2394
> > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > downie
> > >
> > > Hopefully this helps. If not, it is possible your port forwarding is
> > > setup incorrectly. If your computer gets a different IP from your
> > > router every so often it can cause problems (depending on the 
> > > router).
> > >
> > > I have found it is easier to make sure my Tor server has a static IP
> > > *inside* my network. E.g., my Tor server always has the address
> > > 192.168.1.xxx. This is is easy to configure with most routers. If you
> > > need to configure it this way and have not I or someone else on this
> > > list ought to be able to help you.
> > >
> > > Other questions for you to answer:
> > > 1) Whatever version or Tor/Vidalia are you running?
> > > 2) What router do you use?
> > >
> > > -madjon