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[[Image:DC Settings downloads.gif|left|framed|Choose a location to hold your downloaded files. The two directories can be identical.]]
[[Image:DC Settings sharing.gif|left|framed|(a) Choose the folders you would like to share. First and foremost, your download directory should be here so that files you download are shared.<br/>(b) Set the upload slots to '''3''' or '''4''' <small>(this controls how many users can download from you at the same time)</small>]]
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Now click OK to save the settings. Immediately after you add shared folders, DC++ will [[w:hash list|hash]] the files in it so that they can be shared. In order to connect to the Cal hub, you must have at least 1 GB of hashed files.
Name: Berkeley Hub
Address: caldchub.no-ip.com
Then, click OK, then click the CHECKBOX next to the Berkeley Hub.
===Mac OS===
*Choose the download folders. They can be identical.
*Add folders to share. One of them should also be the downloads folder.
*Set '''Upload slots''' to be 3 or 4
*Close the Preferences window
*Click on '''Bookmarks''' in the '''Navigation''' pane
As others have mentioned, bandwidth does not count against you when it is on the same subet. Actually, this is not limited only to the Berkeley network. UCB only pays for commercial bandwidth, so any bandwidth directed to other academic/research institutions that doesn't have to travel over commercial backbones will (probably) not count against you. (Note to the hub admins: traffic to and from other Berkeley networks, e.g. Airbears does not count against bandwidth, and there is no reason to block those IPs, hint hint.)
Again, this is not official Rescomp advice, but sharing files on DC++ is pretty safe. Unlike BitTorrent, Kazaa, or whatever you kids are using these days, traffic on the Cal hub does not get routed outside our network. That means that you cannot be passively monitored for file sharing. In theory, at a later date Rescomp could be subpoenaed and we would have to let the RIAA/MPAA or whoever onto the Berkeley network, but this is a fairly unlikely possibility. If you are going to download files, please do not use these public file transfer programs. The copyright list here gets about a dozen or so emails a day for people with copyright violations. If that happens to you your internet connection will be temporarily revoked, and ...
Please do not ask RCCs for help sharing files. We cannot and will not help you.