Installing and configuring LinkSmart

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Installing and configuring LinkSmart
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Step 1: Download and install LinkSmart <ul> <li>Download and install LinkSmart 2.1 binaries  see <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/linksmart/wiki/Tutorial%20Binary%202.x/#221-download-linksmart-binary-distribution" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href="http://sourceforge.net/p/linksmart/wiki/Tutorial%20Binary%202.x/#221-download-linksmart-binary-distribution">Linksmart Sourceforge Wiki</a>. <ul> <li>Don't forget the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/p/linksmart/wiki/Tutorial%20Binary%202.x/#222-jdk-security-files" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href="http://sourceforge.net/p/linksmart/wiki/Tutorial%20Binary%202.x/#222-jdk-security-files">security files</a>.</li> </ul> </li> <li>Start LinkSmart by running run_linksmart.bat or run_linksmart.sh depending on your OS.</li> </ul> <h2>Step 2: Configure the LinkSmart node</h2> <ul> <li>Open a browser with the address  <a class="external-link" href="http://127.0.0.1:8082/LinkSmartStatus" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href="http://127.0.0.1:8082/LinkSmartStatus"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://127.0.0.1:8082/LinkSmartStatus</span></a></li> </ul> This will display the LinkSmart status page for the local node: <img title="" src="https://fogbugz.cnet.se/default.asp?pg=pgDownload&amp;pgType=pgWikiAttachment&amp;ixAttachment=406&amp;sFileName=LinkSmartStatus.PNG" alt="" width="700" border="0" /> <ul> <li>Click on the "LinkSmart Configurator" tab. This will display the configuration page</li> </ul> <img title="" src="https://fogbugz.cnet.se/default.asp?pg=pgDownload&amp;pgType=pgWikiAttachment&amp;ixAttachment=407&amp;sFileName=Configurator.PNG" alt="" width="700" border="0" /> <ul> <li>Click on network to configure the LinkSmart node.</li> </ul> <img title="" src="https://fogbugz.cnet.se/default.asp?pg=pgDownload&amp;pgType=pgWikiAttachment&amp;ixAttachment=408&amp;sFileName=network.PNG" alt="" width="700" border="0" /> <ul> <li>Change the description of the Network Manager Instance, pick a description that really describes the node, for instance. NetworkManager:CNet_TestNode.</li> <li>Press the "Update Configuration" button.</li> </ul> <h2>Step 3: Join the the public LinkSmart development network.</h2> <ul> <li>Click on the network.backbone.jxta configuration section:</li> </ul> <img title="" src="https://fogbugz.cnet.se/default.asp?pg=pgDownload&amp;pgType=pgWikiAttachment&amp;ixAttachment=409&amp;sFileName=jxta1cnet.PNG" alt="" width="700" border="0" /> <ul> <li>Change the value of "URI of SuperNode via HTTP" to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://212.214.80.136:9100/" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href="http://212.214.80.136:9100">http://212.214.80.136:9100</a></span></li> </ul> Scroll further down on the page: <img title="" src="https://fogbugz.cnet.se/default.asp?pg=pgDownload&amp;pgType=pgWikiAttachment&amp;ixAttachment=410&amp;sFileName=jxta2cnet.PNG" alt="" width="700" border="0" /> <ul> <li>Change the value of "URI of SuperNode via TCP" to tcp://212.214.80.136:9101</li> <li>Press the "Update Configuration" button.</li> </ul> Now you should have joined the LinkSmart development network <h2>Step 4: Check that you are part of the LinkSmart Developer network</h2> You should now find more network managers LinkSmart  in <a class="external-link" href="http://54.247.82.110:8082/LinkSmartStatus" rel="nofollow" data-cke-saved-href="http://54.247.82.110:8082/LinkSmartStatus"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://1270.0.1:8082/LinkSmartStatus</span></a> (It can take some time before they appear) <img title="" src="https://fogbugz.cnet.se/default.asp?pg=pgDownload&amp;pgType=pgWikiAttachment&amp;ixAttachment=412&amp;sFileName=GlobalNMStatus.PNG" alt="" width="700" border="0" /> <ul> <li>Click on the "Network Managers only" button to only display active network managers and you should find some more network managers there.</li> </ul> <h2></h2> <h2>Step 5: You are done!</h2> <h2>Troubleshooting:</h2> <ul> <li>If you do not see any other nodes after a minute or two: Double check the java security files.</li> <li>If you experience that the LinkSmart network is not stable, i.e. sometimes you see all the nodes and sometimes you do not see any you can try the following:</li> </ul> <ol> <li>Stop LinkSmart</li> <li>Delete the eu.linksmart.network.backbone folder in  the linksmart subfolder in your LinkSmart installation.</li> <li>Restart linksmart</li> </ol>
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