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Skidmark Steve
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:37 pm Post subject: From Low ID to High ID |
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Request Territory Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:57 am Posts: 9 Location: Ohio
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Will changing my firewall to allow emules ports harm my computer in any way? What are the risks of this??
Also, what's the easiest way to do this with Windows XP?
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Skidmark Steve
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Request Territory Joined: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:57 am Posts: 9 Location: Ohio
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EDIT: I allowed the emule ports, but I still have a low ID, and when I click the TEST PORTS button it fails to test them. What the hell???
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spudthedestroyer
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:06 am Post subject: |
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Site Admin Joined: Sat Nov 02, 2002 1:35 am Posts: 19760 Location: En España
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The risks are small to negligable, open ports are only a risk if you have something accepting data/packets that fails to handle them correctly.
Emule is pretty mature and the number of known bugs are very low. Its very unlikely to anything bad will happen from opening ports, in fact if you want to use emule its actually mandatory.
I would recommend opening two randomly high ports (say 11021 and 11022). You should completely turn off windows internal firewall, its worthless and a hindrance. On your firewall/router, you need to make the tcp/udp ports for emule/kad are completely open.
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grampaseth
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:02 am Post subject: |
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Buried In The Backyard Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:02 pm Posts: 35 Location: Earth
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what's a good alternative to the XP firewall? that's all i have as well, and i'm trying to figure out what to open up to get rid of the whole LowID thing.
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grampaseth
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:04 am Post subject: |
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Buried In The Backyard Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:02 pm Posts: 35 Location: Earth
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hm, i see the Emule help file says to stay away from ZoneAlarm and suggests Kerio Personal Firewall and Agnitum Outpost.
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grampaseth
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:33 am Post subject: |
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Buried In The Backyard Joined: Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:02 pm Posts: 35 Location: Earth
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ehhhh, the emule help file has detailed instructions how to open up the necessary ports when using the crappy windows firewall, but i just tried it and still get the cannot connect LowID error.
need a better firewall, i guess.
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BadBugs
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:59 am Post subject: |
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The Ancient One Joined: Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:49 am Posts: 2624 Location: Chernobyl
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Using the windows firewall... once emule tries to connect it pops up a message... do you want to allow this program access which you obviously click yes to. Theres no real need to port it.
If youve allowed emule access & you still have a lowID then theres 2 possible problems:
1: you havent ported your router (assuming you have one).
2: your isp is blocking the ports youre using to access emule so change them to what spud suggested above.
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Media Cult
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Dead But Dreaming Joined: Tue May 15, 2007 9:45 am Posts: 246
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I just got a new net today and I have the damn blindfolded donkey now
And I even think I won't be able to solve it since it might be because I'm not a network now and my girlfriend is the one with the router connected to her computer. Fuck that sucks.
I can't figure out all this forward port shit, it's way too complicate to do on HER computer for me. This sucks total arse.
I have 35 kb/s connection to eMule atm. Guild Wars is lagging as well. Yeehaa, I finally get internet and it's worse than ever though it was supposed to be 5Mbit!!!!
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ViSCeRaL
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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The Devil, Probably Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2003 10:13 am Posts: 2029 Location: The Slab
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Slayer
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:13 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Ancient One Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:13 pm Posts: 7905
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Mmm, since I installed MorphXT version 11.0 which goes with eMule 0.49a I keep having a low ID. I closed all ports and re-opened them, without any results. My virtual server is still serving the ports I need for eMule to be open, but when I click 'test ports' it says "Test Failed!". The only difference is that I installed the newer version of Morph. I guess they had something else in mind when they created it, I mean: this can't be their goal, right?
Anyone else experienced this problem or knows any solution?
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karstmobile
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Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Devil, Probably Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2003 9:45 pm Posts: 2321 Location: The Land Of The Virgin Queen
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Slayer wrote: | Mmm, since I installed MorphXT version 11.0 which goes with eMule 0.49a I keep having a low ID. I closed all ports and re-opened them, without any results. My virtual server is still serving the ports I need for eMule to be open, but when I click 'test ports' it says "Test Failed!". The only difference is that I installed the newer version of Morph. I guess they had something else in mind when they created it, I mean: this can't be their goal, right?
Anyone else experienced this problem or knows any solution? |
I took the opportunity with the new MorphXT to do a clean install. No issues. Just took a little time to get the settings back. Perhaps not a bad idea if all else fails.
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elchupacabra
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:11 am Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Ancient One Joined: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:31 am Posts: 3612
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Slayer wrote: | Anyone else experienced this problem or knows any solution? |
I haven't switched to 0.49 yet. Are you using protocol opfuscation? Did you try restarting your PC (Windows ...) or your port forwarding device?
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Slayer
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:43 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Ancient One Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:13 pm Posts: 7905
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Restarted both PC and router and I have a high ID now. Not sure which device triggered it.
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karstmobile
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Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Devil, Probably Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2003 9:45 pm Posts: 2321 Location: The Land Of The Virgin Queen
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Xoal
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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Will Tear Your Soul Apart Joined: Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:37 pm Posts: 541 Location: California
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just disable firewall, and don't download porn that ends in .exe
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Vae Victis
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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Demon Of The Abyss Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2005 8:01 pm Posts: 1130
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Xoal wrote: | just disable firewall, and don't download porn that ends in .exe |
just disable reply button, and don't help if it ends in fail. Seriously, your reply isn't really helpful.
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Oberon
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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Dead But Dreaming Joined: Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:07 am Posts: 337 Location: Lost in space and time
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Oh hell yeah! Thanks for that link. I like when he goes berserk playing Halo... Still laughing!
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Slayer
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Ancient One Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:13 pm Posts: 7905
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After having installed my new system, eMule didn't connect at all. Reboot 1. It still didn't connect. Reboot 2. It still didn't connect. Rebooted the modem. It connected, with a low ID. Reboot 3: high ID!
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Slayer
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Ancient One Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:13 pm Posts: 7905
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Slayer wrote: | Restarted both PC and router and I have a high ID now. Not sure which device triggered it. |
Having the same problem right now: low ID for over 1 day. Have restarted the PC, nothing happened. Restarted the router, still nothing. Restarted the PC again, nothing. Maybe it IS true, about those three restarts
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karstmobile
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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: Re: From Low ID to High ID |
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The Devil, Probably Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2003 9:45 pm Posts: 2321 Location: The Land Of The Virgin Queen
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If the router is taken out of the equation, do your problems go away?
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