Problems starting relay

[Geoff Down]

Seems to be working now - with ORListenAddress 0.0.0.0:9001 .
Thanks to those who actually tried to help with suggestions, correct or 
otherwise.
GD
On 2 Nov 2008, at 06:52, Jonathan Addington wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Geoff Down <downie at castlecops.net> 
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I'm not mirroring the directory server (yet) so I assume I don't need 
>> to
>> worry about the directory port.
>> I did enable UPnP on my router (temporarily) and tried the Test 
>> button in
>> the Vidalia Relay setup page, and it reported 'Success'. However, on
>> examining the Port Forwarding page, there was then no sign of a rule 
>> for Tor
>> or Vidalia.
>> I disabled UPnP after that.
>> I'm using OSX 10.3.9.
>> I went into the Firewall section of 'Sharing' and added a rule for 
>> Tor:
>> "This is your firewall entry for Tor: it is currently on and all TCP 
>> network
>> traffic on port(s) 9001 is being let through".
>> Yet still I get
>> "[Warning] Your server (xx.xx.xx.xx:9001) has not managed to confirm 
>> that
>> its ORPort is reachable. Please check your firewalls, ports, address,
>> /etc/hosts file, etc"
>> My Port Forwarding rule (added manually) says
>> "Protocol TCP
>> Port Start 9001
>> Port End 9001
>> Port Map 9001"
>>  Is there a way I can check the Port Forwarding independently of Tor?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> GD
>>
>>
>> On 2 Nov 2008, at 05:54, phobos at rootme.org wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 05:45:40AM +0000, downie at castlecops.net 
>>> wrote 3.5K
>>> bytes in 113 lines about:
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded the Vidlalia/Tor/Privoxy bundle all together.
>>>
>>> Then all you need to do to run a relay is configure one via the 
>>> Vidalia
>>> "Setup Relaying" button in the Vidalia Control Panel.
>>> Tor will generally figure out the rest.
>>>
>>> If your router supports upnp, Vidalia will attempt to configure any 
>>> port
>>> forwarding for you.
>>>
>>> If not, then yes, you need to port forward your orport and dirport 
>>> from
>>> the external router to your machine.  If for some reason you use the 
>>> osx
>>> firewall, you'll also need to open the tcp ports for the orport and
>>> dirport.  If you are using 10.5 (leopard), when you configure a relay
>>> through vidalia, the system should ask you to allow or deny the 
>>> correct
>>> ports.
>>>
>>> The easiest next step may be to start with a fresh torrc and let 
>>> Vidalia
>>> do the work of configuring the relay.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew
>>
>>
>
> First, take any advice from Phobos before mine.
>
> Second, I opened up Vidialia on my computer (I'm old school and
> usually do this in a text editor); under sharing what is the Relay
> Port set to? Is it the same as what your router currently has
> configured? I *think* the default (under Vidalia 0.1.9) is 443, not
> 9050. Make sure your router reflects that.
>
> Finally, note what Phobos said above about using the OSX firewall. It
> could be getting in the way (says the guy who only runs Windows &
> Linux)
>
> -madjon