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RE: RetroShare - Grendel75 - 28 May 2024

Not sure if I'm in for an uninstall or not.
Approximately 500 "friends" and I've been using RS for a year or so successfully. I took a short hiatus for a few months and now my activity feed is empty, no friends are online for the past few days. Files are all still visible but no chance to transfer them.
After attempting to add a new cert it's telling me DHT is off RS can't find your friends. Related? It recommends settings->server->public DHT and discovery. Although I can't even find that in preferences.
Windows user


RE: RetroShare - Like Ra - 28 May 2024

(28 May 2024, 21:55 )Grendel75 Wrote: After attempting to add a new cert it's telling me DHT is off RS can't find your friends. Related?
No, this is fine.

Is your profile/cert a Tor or a ClearNet one? If ClearNet, then it might explain why you do not see any active peers.
Also, you need to constantly add new peers, as the old ones might stop running RS. And you definitely need to find bery reliable peers who are active 24x7x365, like @bzorl.


RE: RetroShare - Grendel75 - 28 May 2024

(28 May 2024, 22:49 )Like Ra Wrote:
(28 May 2024, 21:55 )Grendel75 Wrote: After attempting to add a new cert it's telling me DHT is off RS can't find your friends. Related?
No, this is fine.

Is your profile/cert a Tor or a ClearNet one? If ClearNet, then it might explain why you do not see any active peers.
Also, you need to constantly add new peers, as the old ones might stop running RS. And you definitely need to find bery reliable peers who are active 24x7x365, like @bzorl.
Bzorl, mosswart, kksissy are all still appearing, including their files, although attempting to DL it just stalls in waiting/queued for the last few weeks. No upload or download speeds.
PS, huge thanks to the 3 above, they've managed to change mine and partners life for the best.. I need a dedicated computer, than be able to share more.
I'll keep trying. Thanks for the help, I'll chase down some answers and if all else fails, reloading. Just don't want to re add the 150 pages or so. At least I know not to chase the DHT settings.


RE: RetroShare - Like Ra - 29 May 2024

(28 May 2024, 23:19 )Grendel75 Wrote: I'll keep trying.
I assume you tried restarting RS... And updating RS?


RE: RetroShare - Like Ra - 02 Jun 2024

(02 Jun 2024, 17:39 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: also tried to add some other Certs from other sources
How many cert have you added?
Did you approve connections from others in the Activity tab?
How many hours did you stay online?


RE: RetroShare - Like Ra - 03 Jun 2024

(03 Jun 2024, 03:08 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: .i dont know but i tried it every day at morning.midday and night.
This is crucial. If it's possible, can you leave RS running for at least 24 hours with no interruption? The first 2-3 days are the most important, when you connect to others, download and cache all the metadata, etc.

Do you have any active peers? Bottom left corner? Something like 12/800? 0/140?

Do you see the "green light" in Preferences -> Network?

And keep adding/approving peers,


RE: RetroShare - Like Ra - 04 Jun 2024

(04 Jun 2024, 05:05 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: no active peers 0/144.
Is there a "Green onion" on the right of it? If you point your mouse on it, it should say "Tor: Tor is OK".

(04 Jun 2024, 05:05 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: .yep there is the green light
Preferences -> Network -> Hidden Service Configuration -> Outgoing Manual Tor/I2P
On the right side there should be a green light "Tor outgoing Okay"

(04 Jun 2024, 05:05 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: , here are the config out of the torrc file
OK, that would explain why RS does not work for you.

RetroShare comes with its own Tor program, which might conflict with the Tor program coming from the Tor browser.

As a test, try to shutdown both RS and Tor browser. Start only RS. Check it with a normal (non-TOR) browser.


RE: RetroShare - Like Ra - 04 Jun 2024

(04 Jun 2024, 16:39 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: but still no data and 0/144 peers online...
If everything is configured correctly, and you added good peers available 24x7, all you have to do is wait a bit.


RE: RetroShare - hypnoisbetterthancrypto - 04 Jun 2024

(04 Jun 2024, 16:42 )Like Ra Wrote:
(04 Jun 2024, 16:39 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: but still no data and 0/144 peers online...
If everything is configured correctly, and you added good peers available 24x7, all you have to do is wait a bit.

your advices helped me a lot thx you !


RE: RetroShare - Like Ra - 04 Jun 2024

(04 Jun 2024, 17:13 )hypnoisbetterthancrypto Wrote: your advices helped me a lot
Sooo, any progress? 😉