[rubyred]

Hello,

For the last week I haven't been able to connect to KAD.
The Contacts list fills up as per normal but KAD never connects.
The last time I left it connecting too long and the Contacts list emptied.
I downloaded fresh Nodes.dat but it still wont connect.

[fox88]

It is nearly impossible for KAD to have a downtime; so the problem must be on your end.
Check network settings (UDP in particular), reboot or power cycle your router if there are any.

[rubyred]

fox88, on 22 February 2017 - 07:25 AM, said:

It is nearly impossible for KAD to have a downtime; so the problem must be on your end.
Check network settings (UDP in particular), reboot or power cycle your router if there are any.

Thank you for your suggestions. KAD started woorking again for a couple of days and has now stopped again.
I did notice that when it was working again the Servers tab indicated that Kad was Firewalled. To be honest I'm not sure if that is something new or not. I haven't made any changes to my Firewall. I've used Comodo for a couple of years and it hasn't been a problem before.

[fox88]

I used Comodo firewall a while ago; and sometimes it behaved oddly.
Possibly for eMule you should allow fragmented packets.

[JackEddyfier]

fox88, on 21 February 2017 - 09:25 PM, said:

It is nearly impossible for KAD to have a downtime; so the problem must be on your end.
Check network settings (UDP in particular), reboot or power cycle your router if there are any.

<- this is hardly an answer. My KAD isn't working either. It always says:

Kad Network
Status: Connecting

I have ED2K running with a High ID. I'm running my network over wi-fi.

So how do I configure KAD to make it work? Please no magic solutions. Just explain how KAD is supposed to work, so we can test whether we have everything configured and also test whether the KAD network is even there.

EDIT: More detail. KAD works on one laptop but not the other.
Laptop 1 - OS= Win 10, Firewall = On, KAD works, eD2K = Low ID
Laptop 2 - OS= Win 10, Firewall = Off, KAD works, eD2K = High ID

I was going to say that KAD was broke on Laptop 2, but I noticed I has a VPN console running in my intray which I just closed. KAD is working since I closed it. This VPN was from an old company VPN which I'm no longer on, so it wasn't active. Either closing that inactive OpenVPN console down enabled KAD or it just enabled itself after about 20 minutes of not working. Grrr - I'll remove that program. Just goes to show - never have more programs loaded than you absolutely need!

PS: Also - why the constraint against searching strings less than 4 characters? Today I wanted to do 2 separate forum searches for "KAD" and "VPN", respectively but could not.

This post has been edited by JackEddyfier: 04 November 2021 - 07:32 PM

[awdrifter]

Try bootstrapping your Kad nodes. You'll have to find a link since the forum won't allow me to post. Search for "kad bootstrap nodes.dat" and you'll find some nodes.dat links.

[QICKV8]

h tps://emule-security.org/