Reseeding is the bootstrapping process used to find other routers when you first install I2P, or when your router has too few router references remaining.
- If reseeding has failed, you should first check your network connection.
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If a firewall is blocking your connections to reseed hosts, you may have access to a proxy.
- The proxy may be a remote public proxy, or may be running on your computer (localhost).
- To use a proxy, configure the type, host, and port below.
- If you are running Tor Browser, reseed through it by configuring SOCKS 5, localhost, port 9150.
- If you are running command-line Tor, reseed through it by configuring SOCKS 5, localhost, port 9050.
- If you have some peers but need more, you may try the I2P Outproxy option. Leave the host and port blank. This will not work for an initial reseed when you have no peers at all.
- Then, click "Save changes and reseed now".
- The default settings will work for most people. Change these only if HTTPS is blocked by a restrictive firewall and reseed has failed.
- If you know and trust somebody that runs I2P, ask them to send you a reseed file generated using this page on their router console. Then, use this page to reseed with the file you received. First, select the file below. Then, click "Reseed from file".
- If you know and trust somebody that publishes reseed files, ask them for the URL. Then, use this page to reseed with the URL you received. First, enter the URL below. Then, click "Reseed from URL".
- See the FAQ for instructions on reseeding manually.