Connect

Getting Started

twofo is a Direct Connect hub. This means that you will need a suitable Direct Connect client for you computer in order to connect. These clients are available for many operating systems, including Windows, Linux and MacOS.

Available Clients:

Windows - DC++ - A basic guide to using DC++ can be found at http://www.b.ali.btinternet.co.uk/DCPlusPlus/gettingStarted.html

Linux - Valknut , LinuxDC++

MacOS - MacDC++ , Valknut, Shakespeer - There are guides to using Valknut and Shakespeer with stunnel on campus at the bottom of the How to Connect page of this wiki.

Connecting from Off Campus

Connect to hub.twofo.co.uk:4144. This connects on the standard port which typically is not blocked by ISPs. We ask that people off campus set up their client so that the client speed is not set to LAN(T1) or LAN(T3). Other speeds, such as 28.8k, Cable, DSL, 0.1, 0.2 etc are OK. This is to make it easier for other users to distinguish off campus users from on campus when on the hub

Connecting from the Campus Residential Network

Windows Users

The traffic shaper on resnet prevents a normal connection from DC++, so in order to connect you will have to use a program called stunnel

The easiest way to do this is to follow the steps below:

1. Download the rar file from http://manyhappy.members.beeb.net/stunnel.rar (or http://manyhappy.members.beeb.net/stunnel.zip for if you don't have winrar installed)
2. Extract ALL the files into a folder.
3. Then run the stunnel.exe.
4. Once the icon is in the tray, just set DC++ to connect to localhost:8000 (File -> Quick Connect) and it takes you straight onto twofo.

Once connected you can type /fav in the main chat window to add twofo to your favourite hubs.

If you wish, you can of course download stunnel yourself from http://www.stunnel.org/ , but you would have to configure it yourself to connect to the SSL server hub.twofo.co.uk:4146

YOU WILL HAVE TO BE IN ACTIVE MODE (on the latest versions of DC++, this is called "Direct Connection") AND HAVE THE CORRECT IP IN DC++ IN ORDER TO SEARCH AND DOWNLOAD. You can find your IP at http://checkip.dyndns.org/

There is an extensive guide to any other problems you may have downloading here

Linux Users

If you use Valknut you can simply add a Bookmark to your Hub List for twofo - Address: hub.twofo.co.uk:4146 and then under 'Profile' make sure you've ticked the 'Secure Socket Layer' (SSL) box.

If you use another Direct Connect client such as LinuxDC or DC++ under WINE, you will need to install Stunnel. You can get Stunnel from http://www.stunnel.org/ or your package manager/repositories depending on your distro. Once installed add the following lines to /etc/stunnel/stunnel.conf under 'Service-level configuration'

[twofo]

connect = hub.twofo.co.uk:4146

accept = 127.0.0.1:8000

(You can pick any high numbered port you like instead of 8000)

Next open a root terminal and type the command:

stunnel -d twofo -c -d localhost:8000 -r hub.twofo.co.uk:4146

Finally, open your Direct Connect client and connect to 'localhost:8000'

Mac Users

The easiest way is to download Valknut for Mac OS X, http://snaggledworks.com/software/valknut/ choose the latest version and either the 10.3 (Panther) or 10.4 Tiger DMG. Then customise your settings, make sure you add 2 or more maximum slots and you share at least 5GB of data. Add a bookmark with a profile and tick the "Secure Socket Layer" option: this will save you from installing stunnel (a nightmare), set the host as: hub.twofo.co.uk:4146 .

This works for sure on Panther Mac OS 10.3.9 and Intel 10.4

DrJS

The alternative to get this working might just work for Intel Mac,

Programs you will need installed to your Applications Folder:

Darwine 0.9.10 UnRARx 2.0 ShakesPeer 0.9.2 the stunnel from the forums (http://manyhappy.members.beeb.net/stunnel.rar)

Check Darwine is setup correctly by running notepad.exe in the Sample Applications folder within Darwine. If it is, notepad will open up...

use UnRARx to unpack the stunnel program into a new folder in Applications, and execute the stunnel.exe file. The only way you will know if this has loaded is by the Darwine status window... Once you see it there you're all set to connect to the hub!

Next set ShakesPeer to share some files, wait for them to hash, then connect to 127.0.0.1:8000

and Voila its all set!

ToFFiE