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Basic guide about passive mode and active mode
Active versus Passive
You might be wondering why you would want to use active mode, when passive mode seems to work for you without
making any changes to your settings or network.Just some of the differences between Active Mode and Passive
Mode are:
- Passive users can not connect to other Passive users.
- Passive users place larger bandwidth and processing demands on the hub, without any benefit to themselves
(about 5 times as much as an active user).
- Passive users don't respond to searches and are thereby almost uneeded in the hub
First of you need to get a hold of a good client. The new ZionDC++ is a good one. Get it from downloads then you need
to set it up:
Start by disabling your XP firewall (it sucks anyway)
Windows XP Configuration
Disable your windows XP firewall
Go to Control Panel, Network Connections
Right Click your connection, and select Properties
Go to the Advanced tab
Uncheck the box to disable the automatic Microsoft Windows XP firewall
Click OK to implement this change
Now if your using some other firewall (firewalls are good, use them allways) give the DC client permission to use the net:
Firewall Configuration
Set up a rule in your firewall that permits inbound and outbound TCP and UDP on local ports 411 and 412.
If you don't have a firewall get one.We recomand the Sygate Friewall but you can use olso Keiro
If your using a router it's a bit more complicated, but you can probably find one in the hub that can help you (i know i can't, never used a router)
Router Configuration
If you have a router, access it through a web browser, or the program supplied with the router. This will vary from brand to brand, but with most new routers (including LinkSys) you only need to open a web browser and enter http://192.168.1.1/ as the URL (Unless you've changed it, the default for LinkSys is no username, and the password is 'admin').
When you access your router, all you really need to locate is the WAN (Wide Area Network) IP address that your router has received from your ADSL/Cable modem. You may need to look around a bit; try finding the 'Status' of the connection, which may show the WAN IP address. Jot down this IP address, or copy & paste it into notepad or another program. You will need this for the Direct Connect Configuration.
Note:
This IP address should work as long as you don't turn off your cable/adsl modem. Depending on how your ISP works, it may last longer, or change occasionally anyway. If it changes for any reason, you can just access your router again to receive the new WAN IP address.
now here comes the really nasty bit for some of you. Some routers use NAT mapping, which is a bit too complicated for me to explain, so don't ask any questions about this part (if you router doesn't use NAT mapping don't pay any attention to this)
NAT Mapping
If you are stuck with a router which requires NAT Mapping to give you direct access to certain ports, and protocols, this section is for you. Most users requiring NAT mapping are connecting through a gateway to the internet.
In order for Direct Connect to work in Active mode, you will have to map external port 412 to your local port 412, for both the UDP and TCP protocol.
Since there are various methods of configuring your gateway/router and its NAT mappings, I shall leave the explaining to your router's instruction manual.
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