[clue-tech] Limewire Private Network

[Angelo Bertolli]

Jed S. Baer wrote:
> http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/the-new-version-of-p2p.ars
>
> A friend and I tried this out a few weeks ago, and got nowhere. We both
> have Jabber accounts, both forwarded every port we could think of might
> help, and both, at one point, completely turned off all firewalling.
> Bupkis. Neither of us could see the other's files.
>
> So, anyone tried this out?
>
> The "firewall" FAQ at limewire isn't quite helpful enough to provide
> clear information such as "in order for this to work, you must open ports
> n and n on your firewall", or anything like that. I have yet to read the
> Gnutella technical docs -- hoping someone has already got this working.
>
> If anyone wants to play around with it, contact me offline to trade
> Jabber IDs.
>
> jed

Did you both connect directly to your ISP's routable IP address?  Or 
were you using a LAN through NAT?  That's the only thing I can think of 
that would get in the way.

Angelo