# 2.1 Nicotine+ Settings: Before you connect

These settings are needed to connect to Soulseek Network.
The first time you run Nicotine+, the settings dialog will appear and you should enter the following:
Under Connection » Server

- A username.
- A password.

Under Connection » Shares:

- The download directory.
- One or more shared directories (or share your download directory).

Now press OK.

If all goes well, you will be connected to the soulseek server and automatically join the nicotine chat room.

Your shares will automatically be scanned.

In Log window you can see:

- Rescanning Started shows that scanning of your shared folders is started
- Rescanning is finished shows when scanning is finished

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