How to speed eMule

ponedjeljak, 21.02.2011.

How to speed eMule

eMule thoroughly (I): year 2053, still download the file you got in 2007 What do I do?

The big eMule, continued the path of eDonkey, multimedia world conqueror, maker of the miracle of the multiplication of files, phantom enemy of societies of authors, only a P2P client. A program that reaches six years old but is able to provide all entertainment in the form of music, movies, software, etc.

However, despite their travel on the Internet, there are still people struggling to configure it properly and take full advantage. The issue is not so complicated so we go with it.

Wizard installation

When you install eMule will appear by default a setup wizard. Asked for a name to identify the network, if we do not either, we assign a type emule-project Below this box is the option to activate the program start with Windows and eMule to connect to the server automatically when opened. The second should enable it if we run the program, usually it is because we want to continue with our downloads.

In the next wizard window find 'the mother of the lamb' means the port assignment. eMule requires that we use to TCP and UDP are free, ie that no other program to receive information through them.

If you use a router to connect to the Internet, we open the ports on both the computer and the router, and forward the packets from first to second.

With any luck we'll get rid of this task by clicking "check ports. " But first we should close the firewall or create a rule that allows to operate in designated ports. The browser opens showing if you can access these ports from the outside.

If the test fails, nothing happens. Just do the process manually. This procedure is explained in detail in this article.

Once solved this issue, we turn to the next wizard window, the upload and download priorities. Here we will decide between two options is not entirely exclusive. Give priority to files with few sources, ie people who have little or lead to discharges with many sources.

To avoid complicating the issue, the limit to consider what we value more quickly download something that just appeared in eMule, such as a release, or get a file that has few people. If you prefer the former, the second option will disable the window.

As for the complete transfer of shares, only affects the files you share, if you're not going to add new files to the network does not complicate your life, leave it on.

In the next step, we select the networks that we will use: eD2K, eMule's own network, and Kad, another P2P network. should use both at once because we get many more sources. The option will disable secure connection as it slows access to the servers.

Finally indicate which operating system you use, select more than 16 simultaneous downloads (the box is out of date), and if we do not know what Internet connection speed we have hired, simply click OK.

At this time we are ready to start downloading, but in reality there are still a few things to tweak.

Servers

First should have installed the best servers, which are more users and files have without becoming saturated. If we want to quickly add, the best is to upload a file *. met.

We can save the config folder of eMule to load at startup, enter the address or URL where the file resides.

eMule has a lot of features, configurations and options, but what we done so far and start downloading all kinds of files, so go ahead, the search engine.

eMule uses a Boolean search engine. Learning to do well we will get better results. Addressing this issue goes far beyond the purpose of this article. In any case, those who have problems should try to find some files with Boolean operators. On the Internet we can find several how-to articles useful.

Moreover, the tab finder eMule has filters as maximum and minimum size, length, sample rate, availability, minimum duration, codec, etc. You can also directly indicate that the desired outcomes are videos, software, CD images, audio, etc.

As important as the filters matching the search method. eMule has four: Server, Global (servers) Filedonkey Kad network (web).

Using the first method only look at the server we are connected. However, the global search queries to all servers in the list individually, so it usually takes quite a bit. The Web search excludes the eD2k and Kad is usually slower than the previous. Filedonkey method opens a web page to complete the search from the default browser.

To the extent that we should control them by adding files in any way. For example, grouping them into categories such as movies, music, games and more.

Imagine for example you want to order the chapters in a number of seasons, you would simply assign each file to a tab, which corresponds to a folder so that when completed, will find it there.

Download Speed

One of the obsessions of the users of eMule is the download speed. Everyone wants more. There are no magic formulas but can be improved.

We must first know what we have contracted discharge capacity. Suppose you have 1 mb / sec. In such a case should be allocated among different uses, navigation, connections for transfers, downloads, eMule, etc.

Once you have decided how much we spend on eMule, will the corresponding limits on the connection tab of preferences, for example, 300 kb / s for download and 20 kb / sec for the climb. In this regard it is noteworthy that can not be rule of thumb with these figures. By having a connection 10 times we can not multiply proportionately the other data.

If you check the credit system could be put upload limit as high as possible. This method rewards with more sources to the most up. It acts as a queue of the purchase in question. When you add a file to download make a request to all users who have that file. As I have asked several people at once, we put in the queue and download touch us when no one preceding. When using credit, the first being the more you have, regardless of when it arrived. That is, we colaremos in exchange for credits. Here we get them automatically based on how much we have transferred to other users.

From this it follows easily that the credit system greatly penalizes those who shuts down the computer because they lose their jobs to the queue. So the first requirement for fast download eMule is not shutting down. It seems too obvious, but surely, is the most effective.

When a file starts downloading, eMule reserves the final space to be occupied by the file. This means that if we dropped only 1% of a hundred files of 1 GB. They shall hold 100 gigabytes, but should only use 1 GB.

No need for a degree in pure mathematics with masters in logistics to realize that when we move through the queues and start downloading, the speeds of each file will be added. Therefore, the more downloads add, the total rate will be higher.

Therefore, we must strive to have the largest possible number of files downloading at once and this requires having a large capacity hard disk. Of the blue seems absurd, but the larger hard drive, download speed of more than enjoy.

Still to review many of the features in this great little program, but we'll leave for the next article.

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