FireDat (DAT protocol on Firefox) #MindsGaming
Not long ago I wrote a little blog called No Dot Just Dat talking about the basic functions of the peer-to-peer file and local hosting protocol DAT. In this blog we are going to go over how to use DAT on Firefox.
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If you missed our first blog we will go over a few basics to catch you up a little. DAT is great for local sharing and you can share about anything that you have on your local PC from games, PDF’s, websites, or whatever it may be. The major issue with DAT in my first blog was use as you had to have a DAT based browser to use the protocol.
Well it seems that an extension is now available for the DAT protocol and I haven't had many issues with it so we are going to go over how to use the extension and share your local file (Whatever it may be) with your friends.
Installing DAT
First of course we must have DAT installed on your system. Of course we are on a Linux system so for a windows system you will have to go to the official documentation to learn how to install and work with DAT.
You will need NPM to install DAT so first we will run:
sudo apt-get install npm -y
Now we can install DAT with:
sudo npm install -g dat
Install Firefox Extension
Great now that you have DAT we need your browser to be able to run the protocol so we will need to install the Firefox extension to be able to run DAT in our browser.
First open your menu settings and select “Add-ons”
Now Select “Extensions”
Search “DAT P2P Protocol”
Now click and add the extension to your browser!
The extension should run you through an install process telling you to curl the process
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sammacbeth/dat-fox-helper/master/installer.sh | bash
If you are having issues for whatever reason you can go check the open sourced git for install help here
https://github.com/sammacbeth/dat-fox-helper
Sharing A file
Okay we are all set-up and ready to share whatever it may be, so select whatever file it may be that is in your local folder and copy the folder location open your terminal and run:
sudo dat share {PASTE}
Once completed copy the DAT location in your terminal and paste and go in Firefox.
That’s it you have your file(s) hosted for your friends now and the can view or download or join in the fun of whatever it may be that you are doing! I hope you enjoyed this blog I know I enjoyed writing it and getting a break from well you know, don’t forget to drop what you would like us to cover and your input it is more valuable than you know thanks again for all the support this week and we hope to see you for the next one.