P2P users - THIS is what you/we want
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Smiff
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crikey, this is complicated. to become an ultranode, you have to do all of the following (apparently):
- be running windows NT (2k, xp etc.)
- not be behind a firewall
- have a certain minimum bandwidth (i think ADSL-ish)
- be online for a certain amount of time (an hour? 2?)
- other nodes must be asking for an ultranode
- be running windows NT (2k, xp etc.)
- not be behind a firewall
- have a certain minimum bandwidth (i think ADSL-ish)
- be online for a certain amount of time (an hour? 2?)
- other nodes must be asking for an ultranode
Falcon4ever
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hey smiff how do you get those nice pics, i only have 3 nodes...!
Falcon4ever
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here is mine
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Smiff
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ok what i gather is that they are currently making major changes to gnucleus to reduce network management traffic (overhead - pings, pongs etc.) the upside is that this is working, and downside is that children (child nodes, that's most people) can't see very well, you have to trust the network. it's very important that your 3 ultrapeer connections are to good ultrapeers, for example i currently have 100 children which might be average i don't know, but i could have none or up to 400 (by default, and the max is 1500). What's tempting is to increase your number of connections, while that may help you get more results, you are actually reducing network density overall, so three is probably best. just disconnect any that don't seem to be doing much (you can look at statistics, but not sure how to interpret that yet). this is not easy for beginners to use, but what i find is that it suddenly starts working well. and my upload slots are always full so something is working right eh
Falcon4ever
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there should also been a mp3 bitrate check implented...
anywayz this works a lot better the winmx !
anywayz this works a lot better the winmx !
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Smiff
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yeah metadata is coming, it's not yet part of the spec or something, i use filesize quite succesfully. I actually like just having filename, i hate the way kazaa makes up its titles (which are often wrong!) and moves the filename off to the right.
wtf does this mean (the loopback)
wtf does this mean (the loopback)
Harteex
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hmm... strange.. when I'm an UltraPeer, it connects a number of normal users, local childs and ultrapeers. However after a short while it disconnects everyone, and have to connect again... and I have a port forwarded to it, people can download from me, so I dunno what's wrong...
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Smiff
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Harteex said:
lol i just posted about that, sometimes its stable for quite a while though.... the main thing is that you now have a port forwarded, good man! they should make this clearer in the setup so more people do it.. frustrating how many don't (i wasn't at first either, oopsie)
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Smiff
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Josep said:all i know is P2P sucksno really, it does
well that's just a stupid thing to say isn't it... Windows sucks because it crashes, cars suck because they pollute, food sucks because it can make you ill... P2P can be very effective in getting you the files you want and letting other people get the files they want from you... however it takes the right setup and the right attitude.. and gnutella and similar ideas have the advantage that they should always be around... they're worth understanding how to use IMHO.