diff --git a/htroot/Settings_p.html b/htroot/Settings_p.html
index 51ced2d05..7305d22a7 100644
--- a/htroot/Settings_p.html
+++ b/htroot/Settings_p.html
@@ -60,18 +60,23 @@ delete the file 'DATA/SETTINGS/httpProxy.conf' in the YaCy application root fold
 </form><br>
 
 <p><form action="SettingsAck_p.html" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
-<fieldset><legend>Proxy Access Settings</legend>
-<br><b>Proxy Port Configuration</b><br><br>
+<fieldset><legend>Server Access Settings</legend>
+These settings configure the access method to your own http proxy and server.
+All traffic is routed throug one single port, for both proxy and server.<br>
+<br><b>Port Configuration</b><br><br>
 <table border="0" cellspacing="5">
   <tr valign="top">
-    <td>Proxy and Administration Port:</td>
+    <td>Proxy and http-Server Administration Port:</td>
     <td><input name="port" type="text" size="5" maxlength="5" value="#[port]#"></td>
     <td><i>Changes will take effect after restart only.</i></td>
   </tr> 
 </table>
 
 
-<p><b>Proxy Port Forwarding</b><br><br>
+<p><b>Port Forwarding</b><br><br>
+You can use a remote server running a ssh demon to forward your server/proxy port.
+This is useful if you want to tunnel throug a NAT/router.
+Alternatively, you can simply set a virtual server port on your NAT/Server to enable connections from outside.
 <table border="0" cellspacing="5">
   <tr valign="top">
     <td>Enable port forwarding:</td>
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ delete the file 'DATA/SETTINGS/httpProxy.conf' in the YaCy application root fold
 </table>
 </p>
 
-<p><b>Proxy Access Restrictions</b><br><br>You can restrict the access to this proxy using a two-stage security barrier:
+<p><b>Server Access Restrictions</b><br><br>You can restrict the access to this proxy/server using a two-stage security barrier:
 <ul>
 <li>define an <i>access domain</i> with a list of granted client IP-numbers or with wildcards</li>
 <li>define an <i>user account</i> with an user:password - pair</li>
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/hello.java b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
index f08718de5..c69a58af6 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/hello.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/hello.java
@@ -82,23 +82,22 @@ public class hello {
         //System.out.println("YACYHELLO: YOUR IP=" + yourip);
         prop.put("yourip", yourip);
         
+        // now let's check if the calling peer can be reached and answers
         int urls = -1;
-        /*
-         * Needed for port forwarding support ....
-         * 
-         * If the peer has reported an other address as it has connected
-         * to us, we try to use the reported address first ...
-         * 
-         * @see serverCore#portForwardingEnabled 
-         */
-        if ((!remoteSeed.get("IP","").equalsIgnoreCase(yourip)) && 
-            ((urls = yacyClient.queryUrlCount(remoteSeed)) == -1)) {            
-            remoteSeed.put("IP", yourip);
+        String reportedip = remoteSeed.get("IP", "");
+        remoteSeed.put("IP", yourip);
+        urls = yacyClient.queryUrlCount(remoteSeed);
+
+        // if this was not successful, we try to use the reported ip
+        if ((urls < 0) &&
+            (!remoteSeed.get("IP","").equalsIgnoreCase(yourip))) {
+            // the other peer does not respond under the ip it reported
+            // we try again using the ip we got from the http header
+            remoteSeed.put("IP", reportedip);
             urls = yacyClient.queryUrlCount(remoteSeed);
         }
         
-        // now let's check if the calling peer can be reached and answers
-        int port = Integer.parseInt(remoteSeed.get("Port", "8080"));
+        // assign status
         if (urls >= 0) {
             if (remoteSeed.get("PeerType", "senior") == null) {
                 prop.put("yourtype", "senior");
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ public class hello {
             remoteSeed.put("LastSeen", yacyCore.universalDateShortString());
             yacyCore.peerActions.juniorConnects++; // update statistics
             remoteSeed.put("PeerType", "junior");
-            yacyCore.log.logInfo("hello: responded remote junior peer '" + remoteSeed.getName() + "' from " + yourip + ":" + port);
+            yacyCore.log.logInfo("hello: responded remote junior peer '" + remoteSeed.getName() + "' from " + yourip + ":" + remoteSeed.get("Port", "8080"));
             // no connection here, instead store junior in connection cache
             if ((remoteSeed.hash != null) && (remoteSeed.isProper())) yacyCore.peerActions.peerPing(remoteSeed);
         }
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
index c10cf24b8..899a6d1d7 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyClient.java
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ public class yacyClient {
         
         // set my own seed according to new information
         yacySeed mySeedBkp = (yacySeed) yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.clone();
+
+        // we overwrite our own IP number only, if we do not portForwarding
         if (!serverCore.portForwardingEnabled) {
             yacyCore.seedDB.mySeed.put("IP", (String) result.get("yourip"));
         }