I'm getting this error when setting up space to lease on hosting tab of 0.3.3:
Error calling /host/announce : host address not reachable; ensure you have forwarded port 9982
Think we all are seeing that for the most part. I think the dev mentioned a fix for that coming, somewhere in the thread lol
In order to become a host, peers need to be able to connect to you on your host port. If you're behind NAT (and most of you are), you need to set up port forwarding on your router. Most routers have a web interface available at 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1 where you can configure port forwarding. There are lots of guides for how to do this, e.g.
www.portforward.com.
You can use this site to test your connectivity:
http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-portsEnter your host port (default is 9982) and hit "Check." If it says that the port is closed, you cannot become a host until it's open.
Port forwarding is a pain and it would be nice if you didn't have to do it. This is where technologies like UPnP and NAT-PMP come in: they automatically forward your ports so you don't have to monkey around in your router settings. We are working to add UPnP to an upcoming release, but we don't have a precise ETA yet.
Why do I also get this annouce error? But both port 9981 and 9982 on my computer are correctly forward and pass the test of that webpage. Any possible reasons? Thanks for helping.