external address

if you are not behind a firewall, leave this field blank. Your kast node will obtain its address automatically from your system's network layer.

if you are behind a firewall, and your firewall administrator has set up a tunnel on the konspire2b port (6085) for you kast node, you also need to give your kast node an reachable external address to use. In general, this is the address of the firewall. Enter the address of your firewall as the external address. You may need to obtain this address information from your firewall administrator.

when behind a firewall, your machine uses a "fake" internal address that is not valid on the internet at large. Your firewall has a valid external address, however. When your kast node tells other nodes about itself (for example, when it connects to a katcher node), it must use the external address so that other nodes can connect to it. This kind of external inbound connection is crucial for receiving broadcasts.