Welcome to I2P!
If you've just started I2P, the Active: numbers on the left should start to
grow over the next few minutes and you'll see a "shared clients" local destination
listed on the left (if not, see below). Once those show
up, you can:
- browse "eepsites" - on I2P there are anonymously hosted websites
- tell your browser to use the HTTP proxy at 127.0.0.1 port 4444, then
browse to an eepsite:
There are many more eepsites - just follow the links from the ones you see,
bookmark your favorites, and visit them often!
- browse the web - there is currently an HTTP
"outproxy" in I2P hooked up to your own HTTP proxy on port 4444 - simply
set your browser's proxy to use it (as above) and go to any normal URL
- your requests will be bounced through the I2P network.
- transfer files - there is an integrated port
of the Snark BitTorrent
client.
- use anonymous email - postman has created a
mail system compatible with normal mail clients (POP3 / SMTP) that allows
email within I2P as well as mail from and to the normal internet! get
your account at hq.postman.i2p. We
bundle susimail, a web based anonymity-oriented
pop3/smtp client configured to access postman's mail services.
- serverless e-mail - there's also I2P-Bote, a new serverless, end-to-end encrypted e-mail system (with web interface), installable as a plugin.
- chat anonymously - fire up your own IRC client
and connect to the server at 127.0.0.1 port 6668. This points at
one of two anonymously hosted IRC servers, but neither you nor they know
where the other is.
- blog anonymously - check out Syndie
- install plugins - browse the plugins and related info on i2plugins.i2p.
- and lots more…
Want your own eepsite?
We've bundled some software to let you run your own eepsite - a Jetty
instance listening on http://127.0.0.1:7658/.
Simply place your files in the eepsite/docroot/
directory (or place
any standard JSP/Servlet .war
files under eepsite/webapps
,
or standard CGI script under eepsite/cgi-bin
) and they'll show
up. After starting up an eepsite tunnel pointing at
it, your eepsite will be visible to others. Detailed instructions for starting
your eepsite are on your temporary eepsite
page.
Be patient - I2P may be slow to start the first time as it searches for peers.
If, after 30 minutes, your Active: connected/recent count has less than 10 connected
peers, you should open I2P's port on your firewall for better connectivity. If
you cannot see any eepsites at all (even www.i2p2.i2p),
be sure your browser proxy is set to 127.0.0.1 port 4444. You may also want
to review the information on the I2P website,
post up messages to the I2P discussion forum,
or swing by
#i2p-help, #i2p or #i2p-chat
on IRC at irc.freenode.net,
irc.postman.i2p or irc.freshcoffee.i2p (they're linked together).