User manual YOUR-FREEDOM YOUR FREEDOM

[. . . ] You are welcome to copy and distribute this guide in both electronic and paper form as long as you distribute it as a whole and not in parts, you do not modify it in any way, and the reference to the original location is kept intact. Please advise all recipients that distributed copies may not be the latest version of the document, and that they can always download the latest version from our web site. Your Freedom User Guide Page 3 of 52 Index 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] "Server groups" will indicate the groups of servers to which you may connect. Multiple permitted groups are separated by comma. Everyone will have the "default" server group on their profile, meaning that you may connect to every Your Freedom server in the "default" group (at the time of writing, all servers are in this group, but this may change). Some accounts have additional server groups in their profile, depending on bought packages. "all" will not show up in customer profiles. If your profile has any server ports assigned, they will show up in the "remote ports forwarded" line. The numbers there mean that these ports on the Your Freedom server will be forwarded to your PC when you are connected, and you may use them in the "server port forwards" configuration (see below). It will probably look like this: Your Freedom User Guide Page 31 of 52 All options in here can be changed while the connection is active and will have immediate effect. If you wish to modify the local ports on which your PC becomes a web or SOCKS proxy, uncheck the service first, then change the port number, and tick the box again. If you would like your PC to accept requests from other PCs on the local network and forward them through your Your Freedom connection, tick the "Relay for others" box. Note that this will only have an effect if your profile permits it (check the "Relaying permitted" line in the "Account Profile" panel as shown above). Also, note that using a SIP phone consumes a certain amount of bandwidth (depending on the Codecs you are using); the FreeFreedom profile will likely not be fast enough to support SIP forwarding (the voice will break up). 2. 5. 1. 3 Server port forwards Would you like to make your PC reachable from the Internet?Check out the "Account Profile" panel after connecting; if you see "remote ports forwarded" there you can use this feature. (You can configure it as well if no ports are forwarded to you, but it won't do a thing. ) It is important to understand that you can only forward server ports that are assigned to you (i. e. appear in the list of "remote ports forwarded"). So let's assume you have ports assigned. Add forwards like this: Your Freedom User Guide Page 33 of 52 It is not absolutely necessary to use the same numbers for "remote port" and "local port", but we have found that many applications are too silly to announce another port to "the network" than they actually listen on. For example, BitTorrent clients usually can announce different external IP addresses and ports, but 99 % of all trackers will simply ignore this. So use the same port on both ends (by configuring your application accordingly) and it will all work by sheer magic. At present, server port forwards only work for TCP. We have considered (and in fact tried) to implement it for UDP as well but we found that there is not a single application that would actually benefit from it, not even P2P apps using KAD networks. [. . . ] For more detailed troubleshooting you need to run Your Freedom in "dump" mode, and you might have to use a packet sniffer as well. 4. 1 Why does my app/game not work? There is of course no off-the-shelf answer to this question. But the first thing you should look at is the streams panel of the Your Freedom client. Does the application create streams there when you use it before it complains that it cannot connect?If no, then it is likely not properly configured. [. . . ]