Sebastian Schlein

@GeorgThomassen That sounds super odd, which Windows version do you run? It might need a new install as the exe could be broken @kimett This might be an improvement for...

If the Helper is running but the indicator is red, that means that the Herd app can't connect to the exposed web service of the helper. I've a hard time...

> Apparently, the firewall was the cause, after it was stopped everything started working normally ✅ Which one do you use?

Hey folks, can you please try this NEW debug version? This one should heal itself it the port is already in use, fix not existing hosts files, write to read-only...

Could you also share the herdhelper log file? Thanks!

No, this is why we have this service that writes to your hosts file instead of using dnsmasq 🙂 Did you try other ports? It seems that something is blocking...

@bytesandcode would you please try this Helper? [Download](https://herd-dev.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com/test-builds/HerdHelper_no_ipv6.zip) You can do that by replacing the HerdHelper.exe from %USERPROFILE%.config\herd\bin with the one from the download. You might need to stop the...

What happens if you open [127.0.0.1:5000/status](http://127.0.0.1:5000/status) or [localhost:5000/status](http://localhost:5000/status)?

@bytesandcode Could you do me a favor? `sc.exe squery HerdHelper` This should display this: ``` SERVICE_NAME: HerdHelper TYPE : 10 WIN32_OWN_PROCESS STATE : 4 RUNNING (STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, ACCEPTS_SHUTDOWN) WIN32_EXIT_CODE :...

Do you have a program that monitors your bandwith when being on a hotspot and this blocks Herd from downloading these files? I can't come up with a different reason...