diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index 6137aa6ea..80388327f 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ javacSource=1.5
 javacTarget=1.5
 
 # Release Configuration
-releaseVersion=0.588
+releaseVersion=0.589
 stdReleaseFile=yacy_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
 embReleaseFile=yacy_emb_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
 proReleaseFile=yacy_pro_v${releaseVersion}_${DSTAMP}_${releaseNr}.tar.gz
diff --git a/htroot/Network.java b/htroot/Network.java
index 33035f0e3..5e1783004 100644
--- a/htroot/Network.java
+++ b/htroot/Network.java
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ public class Network {
                 }
 
                 final HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
-                map.put(yacySeed.IP,post.get("peerIP"));
-                map.put(yacySeed.PORT,post.get("peerPort"));
+                map.put(yacySeed.IP, post.get("peerIP"));
+                map.put(yacySeed.PORT, post.get("peerPort"));
                 yacySeed peer = new yacySeed(post.get("peerHash"),map);
 
                 sb.updateMySeed();
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ public class Network {
                             prop.put(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_location", location);
                             if (complete) {
                                 prop.put(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_complete", 1);
-                                prop.put(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_complete_ip", seed.get(yacySeed.IP, "-") );
+                                prop.put(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_complete_ip", seed.getIP() );
                                 prop.put(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_complete_port", seed.get(yacySeed.PORT, "-") );
                                 prop.put(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_complete_hash", seed.hash);
                                 prop.put(STR_TABLE_LIST + conCount + "_complete_age", seed.getAge());
diff --git a/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java b/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java
index 2b714db66..8031a9a0f 100644
--- a/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java
+++ b/htroot/SettingsAck_p.java
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ public class SettingsAck_p {
             } else {
                 serverCore.useStaticIP = true;
             }
-            sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().put(yacySeed.IP, staticIP);
+            if (yacySeed.isProperIP(staticIP) == null) sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().setIP(staticIP);
             env.setConfig("staticIP", staticIP);
 
             // server access data
diff --git a/htroot/Status.html b/htroot/Status.html
index da128da09..bf901917a 100644
--- a/htroot/Status.html
+++ b/htroot/Status.html
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 	#(urgentStatusVirgin)#::
     <dt class="hintIcon"><img src="env/grafics/bad.png" width="32" height="32" alt="bad"/></dt>
     <dd class="hint">You have not published your peer seed yet. This happens automatically, just wait.
-    While you have this status you are not allowed to search other peers.
     </dd>
     #(/urgentStatusVirgin)#
    
diff --git a/htroot/sharedBlacklist_p.java b/htroot/sharedBlacklist_p.java
index 7a4dfc5a1..4ea9bae7a 100644
--- a/htroot/sharedBlacklist_p.java
+++ b/htroot/sharedBlacklist_p.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public class sharedBlacklist_p {
                 if( sb.webIndex.seedDB != null ){ //no nullpointer error..
                     yacySeed seed = sb.webIndex.seedDB.getConnected(Hash); 
                     if (seed != null) {
-                        String IP = seed.get(yacySeed.IP, "127.0.0.1"); 
+                        String IP = seed.getIP(); 
                         String Port = seed.get(yacySeed.PORT, "8080");
                         String peerName = seed.get(yacySeed.NAME, "<" + IP + ":" + Port + ">");
                         prop.putHTML("page_source", peerName);
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/hello.java b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
index e5c7269b2..3bb13d927 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/hello.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public final class hello {
 
         // we easily know the caller's IP:
         final String userAgent = (String) header.get(httpHeader.USER_AGENT, "<unknown>");
-        final String reportedip = remoteSeed.get(yacySeed.IP, "");
+        final String reportedip = remoteSeed.getIP();
         final String reportedPeerType = remoteSeed.get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR);
         final float clientversion = remoteSeed.getVersion();
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public final class hello {
             
             // try first the reportedip, since this may be a connect from a port-forwarding host
             prop.put("yourip", reportedip);
-            remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.IP, reportedip);
+            remoteSeed.setIP(reportedip);
             urls = yacyClient.queryUrlCount(remoteSeed);
         } else {
             prop.put("yourip", "unknown");
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public final class hello {
         		serverCore.checkInterruption();
                 
                 prop.put("yourip", clientip);
-                remoteSeed.put(yacySeed.IP, clientip);
+                remoteSeed.setIP(clientip);
                 urls = yacyClient.queryUrlCount(remoteSeed);
         	}
         }
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index ab10dd8ad..6d9a2f549 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ public class yacysearch {
             }
 
             // prepare search properties
-            final boolean yacyonline = ((sb.webIndex.seedDB != null) && (sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed() != null) && (sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().getPublicAddress() != null));
-            final boolean globalsearch = (global) && (yacyonline) && (sb.getConfigBool(plasmaSwitchboard.INDEX_RECEIVE_ALLOW, false));
+            //final boolean yacyonline = ((sb.webIndex.seedDB != null) && (sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed() != null) && (sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().getPublicAddress() != null));
+            final boolean globalsearch = (global) /* && (yacyonline)*/ && (sb.getConfigBool(plasmaSwitchboard.INDEX_RECEIVE_ALLOW, false));
         
             // do the search
             TreeSet<String> queryHashes = indexWord.words2hashes(query[0]);
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
index 5c5a7e8fa..02a234b98 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
             post.add(new StringPart("seed", mySeed.genSeedStr(salt)));
             yacyCore.log.logFine("yacyClient.publishMySeed thread '" + Thread.currentThread().getName() + "' contacting peer at " + address);
             // send request
-            byte[] content = wput("http://" + address + "/yacy/hello.html", yacySeed.b64Hash2hexHash(otherHash) + ".yacyh", post);
+            byte[] content = wput("http://" + address + "/yacy/hello.html", yacySeed.b64Hash2hexHash(otherHash) + ".yacyh", post, 10000, false);
             result = nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
             break;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@ public final class yacyClient {
         // set my own seed according to new information
         // we overwrite our own IP number only
         if (serverCore.useStaticIP) {
-            mySeed.put(yacySeed.IP, serverDomains.myPublicIP());
+            mySeed.setIP(serverDomains.myPublicIP());
         } else {
-            mySeed.put(yacySeed.IP, (String) result.get("yourip"));
+            String myIP = result.get("yourip");
+            String properIP = yacySeed.isProperIP(myIP);
+            if (properIP == null) mySeed.setIP(myIP);
         }
 
         // change our seed-type
@@ -220,19 +222,6 @@ public final class yacyClient {
         return count;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * send data to the server named by vhost
-     * 
-     * @param address address of the server
-     * @param vhost name of the server at address which should respond
-     * @param post data to send (name-value-pairs)
-     * @return response body
-     * @throws IOException
-     */
-    private static byte[] wput(final String url, String vhost, final List<Part> post) throws IOException {
-        return wput(url, vhost, post, 10000, false);
-    }
-
     /**
      * send data to the server named by vhost
      * 
@@ -302,11 +291,11 @@ public final class yacyClient {
      * @return
      * @throws IOException
      */
-    private static byte[] postToFile(final yacySeed target, final String filename, final List<Part> post) throws IOException {
-        return wput("http://" + target.getClusterAddress() + "/yacy/" + filename, target.getHexHash() + ".yacyh", post);
+    private static byte[] postToFile(final yacySeed target, final String filename, final List<Part> post, int timeout) throws IOException {
+        return wput("http://" + target.getClusterAddress() + "/yacy/" + filename, target.getHexHash() + ".yacyh", post, timeout, false);
     }
-    private static byte[] postToFile(yacySeedDB seedDB, final String targetHash, final String filename, final List<Part> post) throws IOException {
-        return wput("http://" + targetAddress(seedDB, targetHash) + "/yacy/" + filename, yacySeed.b64Hash2hexHash(targetHash)+ ".yacyh", post);
+    private static byte[] postToFile(yacySeedDB seedDB, final String targetHash, final String filename, final List<Part> post, int timeout) throws IOException {
+        return wput("http://" + targetAddress(seedDB, targetHash) + "/yacy/" + filename, yacySeed.b64Hash2hexHash(targetHash)+ ".yacyh", post, timeout, false);
     }
 
     public static yacySeed querySeed(yacySeed target, String seedHash) {
@@ -318,7 +307,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
             
         // send request
         try {
-            byte[] content = postToFile(target, "query.html", post);
+            byte[] content = postToFile(target, "query.html", post, 10000);
             final HashMap<String, String> result = nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
             
             if (result == null || result.size() == 0) { return null; }
@@ -340,7 +329,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
             
         // send request
         try {
-            byte[] content = postToFile(target, "query.html", post);
+            byte[] content = postToFile(target, "query.html", post, 5000);
             final HashMap<String, String> result = nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
             
             if (result == null || result.size() == 0) { return -1; }
@@ -363,7 +352,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
         
         // send request
         try {
-            byte[] content = postToFile(target, "query.html", post);
+            byte[] content = postToFile(target, "query.html", post, 5000);
             final HashMap<String, String> result = nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
             
             if ((result == null) || (result.size() == 0)) return -1;
@@ -675,7 +664,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
         
         // send request
         try {
-            final byte[] content = postToFile(seedDB, targetHash, "message.html", post); 
+            final byte[] content = postToFile(seedDB, targetHash, "message.html", post, 5000); 
             final HashMap<String, String> result = nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
             return result;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -702,7 +691,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
 
         // send request
         try {
-            final byte[] content = postToFile(seedDB, targetHash, "message.html", post);
+            final byte[] content = postToFile(seedDB, targetHash, "message.html", post, 20000);
             final HashMap<String, String> result = nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
             return result;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -740,7 +729,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
         try {
             // TODO is targetAddress == url.getHost()?
             final yacyURL url = new yacyURL("http://" + targetAddress + "/yacy/transfer.html", null);
-            final byte[] content = wput("http://" + targetAddress + "/yacy/transfer.html", url.getHost(), post);
+            final byte[] content = wput("http://" + targetAddress + "/yacy/transfer.html", url.getHost(), post, 10000);
             final HashMap<String, String> result = nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
             return result;
         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -841,7 +830,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
             
         // send request
         try {
-            byte[] content = wput("http://" + address + "/yacy/crawlReceipt.html", target.getHexHash() + ".yacyh", post);
+            byte[] content = wput("http://" + address + "/yacy/crawlReceipt.html", target.getHexHash() + ".yacyh", post, 10000);
             return nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // most probably a network time-out exception
@@ -1052,7 +1041,7 @@ public final class yacyClient {
         String address = targetSeed.getClusterAddress();
         if (address == null) { address = "localhost:8080"; }
         try {
-            final byte[] content = wput("http://" + address + "/yacy/profile.html", targetSeed.getHexHash() + ".yacyh", post);
+            final byte[] content = wput("http://" + address + "/yacy/profile.html", targetSeed.getHexHash() + ".yacyh", post, 5000);
             return nxTools.table(content, "UTF-8");
         } catch (Exception e) {
             yacyCore.log.logSevere("yacyClient.getProfile error:" + e.getMessage());
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
index c673bb639..1a887a619 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class yacyCore {
             yacyCore.log.logDebug("***DEBUG publishSeedList: I can reach myself");
         */
 
-        if ((sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_myIP.equals(sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().get(yacySeed.IP, "127.0.0.1"))) &&
+        if ((sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_myIP.equals(sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().getIP())) &&
             (sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_seedDBSize == sb.webIndex.seedDB.sizeConnected()) &&
             (canReachMyself()) &&
             (System.currentTimeMillis() - sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_timeStamp < 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24) &&
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ public class yacyCore {
             //if (ip.equals("")) ip = natLib.retrieveIP(DI604use, DI604pw);
             
             // yacyCore.log.logDebug("DEBUG: new IP=" + ip);
-            sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().put(yacySeed.IP, ip);
+            if (yacySeed.isProperIP(ip) == null) sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().setIP(ip);
             if (sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().get(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR).equals(yacySeed.PEERTYPE_JUNIOR)) // ???????????????
                 sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().put(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_SENIOR); // to start bootstraping, we need to be recognised as PEERTYPE_SENIOR peer
             log.logInfo("publish: no recipient found, our address is " +
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ public class yacyCore {
         } finally {
             sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_seedDBSize = sb.webIndex.seedDB.sizeConnected();
             sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_timeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
-            sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_myIP = sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().get(yacySeed.IP, "127.0.0.1");
+            sb.webIndex.seedDB.lastSeedUpload_myIP = sb.webIndex.seedDB.mySeed().getIP();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
index d8f683cba..8c4b6a7f0 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyPeerActions.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public class yacyPeerActions {
                 return true;
             } else {
                 // the seed is new
-                if ((seedDB.mySeedIsDefined()) && (seed.get(yacySeed.IP, "127.0.0.1").equals(this.seedDB.mySeed().get(yacySeed.IP, "127.0.0.1")))) {
+                if ((seedDB.mySeedIsDefined()) && (seed.getIP().equals(this.seedDB.mySeed().getIP()))) {
                     // seed from the same IP as the calling client: can be
                     // the case if there runs another one over a NAT
                     yacyCore.log.logFine("connect: saved NEW seed (myself IP) " + seed.getPublicAddress());
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySearch.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySearch.java
index abd0f7f5a..aafb6aafb 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySearch.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySearch.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public class yacySearch extends Thread {
             kelondroBitfield constraint,
             TreeMap<String, String> clusterselection) {
         // check own peer status
-        if (wordIndex.seedDB.mySeed() == null || wordIndex.seedDB.mySeed().getPublicAddress() == null) { return null; }
+        //if (wordIndex.seedDB.mySeed() == null || wordIndex.seedDB.mySeed().getPublicAddress() == null) { return null; }
 
         // prepare seed targets and threads
         final yacySeed[] targetPeers = (clusterselection == null) ? selectSearchTargets(wordIndex.seedDB, wordIndex.peerActions, plasmaSearchQuery.hashes2Set(wordhashes), targets) : selectClusterPeers(wordIndex.seedDB, clusterselection);
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
index c3ba47f9b..fae10b86f 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeed.java
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@ public class yacySeed {
         } else return dflt;
     }
 
-    public final void setIP()              { dna.put(yacySeed.IP, ""); }
     public final void setIP(String ip)     { dna.put(yacySeed.IP, ip); }
     public final void setPort(String port) { dna.put(yacySeed.PORT, port); }
     public final void setType(String type) { dna.put(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, type); }
@@ -858,11 +857,8 @@ public class yacySeed {
         // check IP
         if (!checkOwnIP) {
             // checking of IP is omitted if we read the own seed file        
-            final String ip = (String) this.dna.get(yacySeed.IP);
-            if (ip == null) return "IP is null";
-            if (ip.length() > 0 && ip.length() < 8) return "IP is too short: " + ip;
-            if (!natLib.isProper(ip)) return "IP is not proper: " + ip; //this does not work with staticIP
-            if (ip.equals("localhost") || ip.startsWith("127.") || (ip.startsWith("0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1"))) return "IP for localhost rejected";
+            final String ipCheck = isProperIP(this.dna.get(yacySeed.IP));
+            if (ipCheck != null) return ipCheck;
         }
         
         // seedURL
@@ -880,6 +876,15 @@ public class yacySeed {
         return null;
     }
     
+    public static final String isProperIP(String ipString) {
+        // returns null if ipString is proper, a string with the cause otervise
+        if (ipString == null) return "IP is null";
+        if (ipString.length() > 0 && ipString.length() < 8) return "IP is too short: " + ipString;
+        if (!natLib.isProper(ipString)) return "IP is not proper: " + ipString; //this does not work with staticIP
+        if (ipString.equals("localhost") || ipString.startsWith("127.") || (ipString.startsWith("0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1"))) return "IP for localhost rejected";
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public final String toString() {
         synchronized (this.dna) {
             this.dna.put(yacySeed.HASH, this.hash);                         // set hash into seed code structure
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java
index 91d9d8d0a..bc6011397 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacySeedDB.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public final class yacySeedDB implements httpdAlternativeDomainNames {
             }
         }
         
-        mySeed.put(yacySeed.IP, "");       // we delete the old information to see what we have now
+        mySeed.setIP("");       // we delete the old information to see what we have now
         mySeed.put(yacySeed.PEERTYPE, yacySeed.PEERTYPE_VIRGIN); // markup startup condition
     }