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<p>itoopie is a simple graphical user interface for <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a>.</p>
<p>itoopie connects to any <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> node running the I2PControl plugin.
The I2PControl plugin allows itoopie to connect to a <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> node even if it is running on another machine
and even if that machine is somewhere else on the internet.</p>
<p>itoopie allows the user to set download and upload speed of <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> nodes.
Other features include setting network ports and choosing how much bandwidth to share with others. itoopie also support graphing bandwidth usage of <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> as well as graphing how many tunnels in the <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> network we are participating in now.</p>
<p>itoopie can be downloaded from here, <ahref="files/itoopie-install.exe">itoopie-install.exe</a>, <ahref="files/itoopie-install.exe.sha512">checksum</a>.</p>
<p>The installer can be run by opening <tt>itoopie-install.exe</tt> or running <tt>java -jar itoopie-install.exe</tt> (yes, really).</p>
<p>If you're having issues starting itoopie or connecting to the <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> node, have a look at the <ahref="#troubleshoot">Troubleshoot</a>-section.</p>
<p>itoopie requires I2PControl to be installed on the <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> node you whish to connect to. The installation steps required are as follows.</p>
<p>Install I2PControl by visiting <ahref="http://localhost:7657/configclients">http://localhost:7657/configclients</a> and entering <tt>http://itoopie.i2p/files/I2PControl.xpi2p</tt> in the 'Plugin Installation' field. Click 'Install Plugin' and wait for the plugin to be downloaded, installed and started (usually less than 1 minute).</p>
<p>The I2PControl plugin provides the I2PControl API used in itoopie. The API is used to interface with functionality found in the <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> router.</p>
<p>The API is provided by I2PControl is available over https to ensure that no information is sent in plain text.</p>
<p>Specifications for the I2PControl API can be found on <ahref="http://i2p2.de/i2pcontrol.html">i2p2.de/i2pcontrol</a>.</p>
<p>If you're having issues establishing the connection between itoopie and <ahred="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a>, try restoring default settings by following the instructions below.</a>
<p>The default port for I2PControl is <tt>7650</tt>, the default password is <tt>itoopie</tt>. These settings can easily be restored by shutting down <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> and deleting a file called I2PControl.conf.</p>
<br><p>On Windows the file can be found in <br><tt>C:\Users\**username**\AppData\Roaming\I2P\plugins\I2PControl\</tt></p>
<p>On Unix (Linux, Mac OSX and *BSD) the file will be found in <br><tt>~/.i2p/plugins/I2PControl/</tt></p>
<p>After <ahref="http://i2p2.de">I2P</a> has been started again settings will be restored to their defaults.</p>