<divclass="welcome"><h2>Welcome to the Invisible Internet</h2></div>
<divclass="welcome"><h2>Welcome to the Invisible Internet</h2></div>
<ulclass="links"><liclass="tidylist"><b>Starting Up…</b><br>If you've just started I2P, the number of <i>Active Peers</i> indicated under the <i>Peers</i> section in the side panel on the left should start to grow over the next few minutes and you'll also see a <i>Local Destination</i> named <i>Shared Clients</i> listed there, and possibly other clients and servers depending on how I2P is configured (if not, see the troubleshooting section <ahref="#trouble">below</a>). These <i>Local Destinations</i> provide connections on different ports (and sometimes protocols) to the I2P network, enabling your bittorrent, e-mail, web proxy and other services to function. Your <ahref="/netdb">Network Database</a> indicates all known peers on the network. Additionally, you can monitor existing <ahref="/peers">Peer Connections</a>, and view existing <ahref="/tunnels">Tunnels</a> and their status. More information is available on the <ahref="/help">help page</a>.</li>
<ulclass="links"><liclass="tidylist"><b>Starting Up…</b><br>If you've just started I2P, the number of <i>Active Peers</i> indicated under the <i>Peers</i> section in the side panel on the left should start to grow over the next few minutes and you'll also see a <i>Local Destination</i> named <i>Shared Clients</i> listed there, and possibly other clients and servers depending on how I2P is configured (if not, see the troubleshooting section <ahref="#trouble">below</a>). These <i>Local Destinations</i> provide connections on different ports (and sometimes protocols) to the I2P network, enabling your bittorrent, e-mail, web proxy and other services to function. Your <ahref="/netdb">Network Database</a> indicates all known peers on the network. Additionally, you can monitor existing <ahref="/peers">Peer Connections</a>, and view existing <ahref="/tunnels">Tunnels</a> and their status. More information is available on the <ahref="/help">help page</a>.</li>
<liclass="tidylist"><b>Network integration</b><br> The first time you start I2P it may take a few minutes to bootstrap (integrate) you into the network and find additional peers to optimize your integration, so please be patient. When I2P starts up, and during normal operation, I2P's tunnel build readiness indicator (immediately above the <i>Local Destinations</i> section in the sidepanel) may tell you that it's "Rejecting Tunnels"; this is normal behavior if seen occasionally and just after I2P starts and should be of no cause for concern! Once green stars are indicated next to your <i>Local Destinations</i>, there is a wide variety of things you can do with I2P, and below we introduce you to some of them.</li></ul>
<liclass="tidylist"><b>Network integration</b><br> The first time you start I2P it may take a few minutes to bootstrap (integrate) you into the network and find additional peers to optimize your integration, so please be patient. When I2P starts up, and during normal operation, I2P's tunnel build readiness indicator (immediately above the <i>Local Destinations</i> section in the sidepanel) may tell you that I2P is "Rejecting Tunnels"; this is normal behavior and should be of no cause for concern! Once green stars are indicated next to your <i>Local Destinations</i>, there is a wide variety of things you can do with I2P, and below we introduce you to some of them.</li></ul>
