Dtella

Dtella is a decentralized direct connect hub used for file sharing. Because it's able to restrict file sharing to a specific IP range, Dtella is ideal for usage at low-latency campus networks where upload limits are imposed for external traffic. Open source software for a Virginia Tech Dtella hub is hosted on github. Instructions for other operating systems are available at [1]

Linux Installation Instructions

• Grab the latest snapshot from http://github.com/matthazinski/dtella-vt/
• Untar the source and move to your home directory

 
 $ tar -xzf dtella-vt-*.tar.gz 
 $ cd dtella-vt-*  
 $ mkdir ~/.dtella
 $ mv <extracted folder>/* ~/.dtella
 

• Create a script to launch the python script

 $ cd ~
 $ vim dtella 

 #!/bin/bash
 python2 ~/.dtella/dtella.py & 

 $ chmod +x dtella 

• Install a DC++ client, such as EiskaltDC++. The QT version is recommended, as the GTK version has a known bug when selecting shared directories.
• Launch Dtella by executing ~/.dtella, then launch your DC++ client and connect to localhost:7314
• You may or may not need to forward ports in order to get traffic through your firewall or router.