is edonkey network that slow ?

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GentooBox · Post by **GentooBox** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 3:46 pm

hi.

i just downloaded amule to try it out.
i started the app and setup my name and some connection stuff.

then i push search and searched after Gentoo 1.4.
i'll try to download Gentoo 1.4 final.

i now have 514 sources, but im only downloading from 1 !
and thats 1,1 kb/s.

if i use dcgui-qt, then i get full speed depending on how many sources i have.
and if they got any open slots.
it cant be true that i cant download from more that one when there are 514 sources.

think4urs11 · Post by **think4urs11** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 5:59 pm

Hi!

It depends on your queue position on the remote side whether you can download something or not.
In general *mule needs its time to build up speed because of this (approx. 1-2 hours depending on the sources and their queues)

With dcgui there are MUCH less clients and there are no queues as in *mule (well there are, but not 5000 entrys long) so it's natural to get highspeed sooner.

OTOH: Why don't you download it from one of the various http/ftp mirrors?

T.

largesarge · Post by **largesarge** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:29 pm

I have used emule from windoze XP. It went Über slow for a while, then I found out it was because I had a low client ID. My reason for one was I had not punched a hole through my router. Once I did (instructions at the site), my search results were really fast, downloads improved greatly, as well as uploads to others. I think you really should go to www.linuxiso.org and download your gentoo from there. It was really fast for me, go and try it out!

chrispy · Post by **chrispy** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 1:01 am

well, the donkey network is not about speed, but more about reliability. Once you queue a download, it might take longer than other p2ps, but the file WILL get to your hard drive.
In the beginning, people were saying "the donkey is about patience"
A bit silly I know, but once you get the donkey running, it stops only when it has finished completing its task. It's a great tool, imho, and that's the only p2p I use. (ok, sometimes I use bittorent for those Panther nightly builds

)
My mldonkey has been running for 70 days (24/7) straight now, and never have I waited more than a week to get a file, no matter how rare.

broschi · Post by **broschi** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:53 am

What about 1+ month for a 60 mb file?

chrispy · Post by **chrispy** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:22 am

that would be a record !

Seriously, never experienced that. But maybe your file was super rare.

isnogood · Post by **isnogood** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:57 am

I do have some trouble now with mldonkey.Downloads are slow compared to xmule - did try with the same files and with mldonkey stable and from cvs.Of course xmule crashes at least once a day.

GentooBox · Post by **GentooBox** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 9:03 am

Well....

i've waited for 2 days now to see some improvements.
but still only downloading from one source out of 451.

thats gay !

i dont want to test that p2p anymore. - it suck.
i want many sources AND fast download speed.

Negated Void · Post by **Negated Void** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 1:03 pm

I use overnet (the much better, serverless version of the edonk network. I get 200KB/s sustained 24/7.

It can be done! (That being said, i'm on roadrunner cable, nothing fancy)

-Murph

shm · Post by **shm** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 2:55 pm

I pretty much use bittorrent for everything now-days. In large files (over 2-8 gb), I can reach up to 900 kb/sec, while it takes AGES on ed2k.

malloc · Post by **malloc** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 3:24 pm

I use dc4linux and it totally rocks...
It has all the beneficts of dc++ plus...MULTI-SOURCE DOWNLOAD...
that meens 700MB in 2 hours. It's just like downloading from an ftp server.

GentooBox · Post by **GentooBox** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:30 am

Negated Void wrote:I use overnet (the much better, serverless version of the edonk network. I get 200KB/s sustained 24/7.

It can be done! (That being said, i'm on roadrunner cable, nothing fancy)

-Murph

is there a GUI for overnet ?

tactless · Post by **tactless** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:49 am

mldonkey does overnet, albeit slowly.

GentooBox · Post by **GentooBox** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:07 am

i dont get bittorrent.

how does it work ? how do i start it ?

GentooBox · Post by **GentooBox** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:15 am

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=97027

found this link.

Negated Void · Post by **Negated Void** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 10:26 am

For overnet, get the clc from www.overnet.com, then get the 'ed2k_gui" program from http://ed2k-gtk-gui.sourceforge.net/download.shtml

The gui is very nice, the clc very reliable.

It's also nice that my server runs the clc (always-up downloading) and my desktop runst he gui whenever it feels like it (which connects to the clc)

-Matt

isnogood · Post by **isnogood** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 12:06 pm

Thank you - this works just great.Totally forgot that there is also an official client.