Question On Shareaza

[Luvian]

I dislike those p2p programs. I like Bittorent and Dc++ way better.

I download my betas from those. Like the Lineage 2 beta client. That was a 1 gig download ang I got it in a few hours.

[T-D-C]

Ares Galexy can be found here.

http://www.aresgalaxy.org/

[Paladin2000]

I only used Bit Torrent, but I like it a lot. The only problem I had was finding good stuff to download. If you are considering Bit Torrent, try Azureus. It is a great Bit Torrent client which provides better control and functionality.

[Jaradu]

Okay, I'm trying Bittorrent and Azureus right now. They seem pretty good, with lots of sources, but to get a good speed you need to be a balanced uploader as well as downloader... pretty hard when you've just started out and have no files. Ah well, I'm sure it will pick up. I recommend this to you, Lavindathar, as Assassin, Luvian and Paladin2000 did.

ADD) Silly me, the system's better than that - you can upload parts of files as well, so there's no real slowdown.

[ 08-22-2004, 03:56 AM: Message edited by: Jaradu ]

[Jaradu]

Ah, BitTorrent question:

I think the reason the download is slow is because the port has a NAT problem. I've tried changing ports quite a few times, but I still get the NAT error. Anyone know how to fix it? I've tried disabling my firewall, but to no avail..

[Memnoch]

Originally posted by Assassin: [img]redface.gif[/img] File sharing discussion is allowed here on these boards? Well, I'm up to bat and will say that Bittorrent is the best filesharing program there is right now. Use the Azureus client; it minimizes like Kazaa and usually has a far, far better download rate than Kazaa and the like. However, you must upload as you download.

We can talk about filesharing applications, as long as we use common sense in doing so. And I'd rather not know exactly what you're downloading or uploading - makes it easier and safer for everyone all round. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Assassin]

If there is a good seeder:leecher (uploader:downloader) ratio, and a couple of those seeders have a good connect, your download can zoom by at speeds in excess of 100 KiB/s. That's way, way better than Kazaa and the like. However, it does require a good uploader:downloader ratio, so it can be hard to download at high speed rare files. Another advantage to using the Azureus client is that you can choose *not* to download certain files within the big package, something that no other program to my knowledge allows you do to.

Don't forget to seed when you're done; help give others what they have given to you.

Firewall problem: I'm using ProtoWall and Norton's Auto-Protect at all times, and there hasn't been a problem yet. Which firewall are you using?

[ 08-22-2004, 08:28 AM: Message edited by: Assassin ]

[Jaradu]

A Norton firewall. 2003, methinks.

Oh yeah, is there any way to "Find more sources" in Azureus?

[Assassin]

You can't. Bittorrent is unusual to the other programs as there is no way that I know to search for it using that program (ie: Kazaa has a built-in search function). However, there are entire sites dedicated to Bittorrent. Most of them will show the amount of seeders : leechers.

http://userpages.umbc.edu/~hamilton/btclientconfig.html . That's the site for people behind firewalls.

[ 08-22-2004, 07:47 AM: Message edited by: Assassin ]

[Lavindathar]

Originally posted by Memnoch: quote: Originally posted by Assassin: [img]redface.gif[/img] File sharing discussion is allowed here on these boards? Well, I'm up to bat and will say that Bittorrent is the best filesharing program there is right now. Use the Azureus client; it minimizes like Kazaa and usually has a far, far better download rate than Kazaa and the like. However, you must upload as you download.

We can talk about filesharing applications, as long as we use common sense in doing so. And I'd rather not know exactly what you're downloading or uploading - makes it easier and safer for everyone all round. [img]smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]Especially with all the stuff I download lol. You'd go mad at me Memmy!

I'll try out that Bittorrent, next time I need something "for work".