How to maximize dl speed on eMule?

i monster

sorry about this but had emule sivka running for 2 days solid now and still got crap speeds ok its probably me i really need some help its driving me mad i have sygate firewall, intel p4 processor1.6,1mb connection and my dls have never got above 30 what would you guys do as far as sources up speed down speed max connections or is sivka not suited to my machine once again sorry about this if you can help me get it running right i would be eternally greatfull

Polityk · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 2:35 pm **Post subject:**

What type of connection do you have?

i monster · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:20 pm **Post subject:**

ntl cable modem

Polityk · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:57 pm **Post subject:**

Speed? Are you behind a router? Firewall?

*changed thread title*

i monster · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:25 pm **Post subject:**

no router ,sygate firewall

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:30 pm **Post subject:**

NTL, thaey enforcing that stupid cap of 1 gig a day?

What OS ya got, I got max connections set to 1000, max sources set to 1500, max new connections per 5 seconds to 100, I have 32K up and limit it to 25, I have found this allows me to download at a decent speed and still surf etc I have a 2 meg connection so if I use the full download I eat up a fair whack of the upstream, but I have my fingers crossed I will soon be able to get more upload, I sometimes feel a little guilty that I can get the stuff so damn fast and it takes me so long to give back what I get.

The only thing I will say is that I believe earlier MS OS's "may" have trouble with too many simultaneous connections, altho I have not experienced this first hand as I have had XP Pro since I started using P2P in a big way.

i monster · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 6:55 pm **Post subject:**

yeah i have xp home thanks tak :mrgreen:

i monster · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 7:02 pm **Post subject:**

ive done the same as you takyon getting up to 60 is tha reasonable?

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:24 pm **Post subject:**

That is around half ya max download, it aint too bad. You have to bare in mind that the mule is rarely that fast, especially when you are getting these horror titles and the number of users is fairly small.

How new are you to mule life? Have you built up a decent credit base? Do you try to keep the same userhash when you upgrade clients?

i monster · **Posted:** Sun Feb 22, 2004 11:46 pm **Post subject:**

ive been using sivka for 3 days so i am fairly new how do u keep the same user hash?

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:37 pm **Post subject:**

I think it is the preferneces.dat file, and maybe the crypt somthing or other needs to be kept, someone else here will be able to tell I am sure.

i monster · **Posted:** Mon Feb 23, 2004 9:48 pm **Post subject:**

emule gone downagain dont know what 2 do some files have loads of sources but lucky if i get over5kbits per file whole thing doesnt get abouve 20 could it be xp firewall dont know how 2 tell if its on or not or another prog it really is a pain thanks for everybodys help and advice but 2 no avail any more ideas pls emul hase been on for 4 days solid so should got up 2 speed by now do i have to go in 2 sygate firewall at all and enter any details because i havent done that because it asks you when emul first starts<pause for breath>and i said yes

Polityk · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:19 am **Post subject:**

Sygate is ok, although you should disable the standard XP "firewall". On the side, your posts would be much easier to read if you used punctuation. :lol:

lildarien · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:37 am **Post subject:**

You're never going to get full speed 24/7 with the ed2k network. Its just one of the perks of using the reliable network, slow and steady wins the race

TaKYoN · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:54 pm **Post subject:**

Yep, try changing the ports mule uses too, it helped me for some reason. Maybe ya ISP blocks some ports?

Like the person said, slow and steady wins the race, I tend to leave the mule running in the background whilest I do other shit.

i monster · **Posted:** Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:00 pm **Post subject:**

ok matey sorry about my ramblings thanks for your advice :mrgreen:

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 6:46 am **Post subject:**

hmm... I've just upgraded my connection to 2mbs and now I suddenly see what you guys are talking aboot. Still haven't gotten above 100ksec. Anyone ever get like 100-250 ksec with the mule?

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:35 am **Post subject:**

I get over 100Kbps every now and again (NTL 1mb line)

I'm happy (now) with emule's performance, but it took one hell of a lot of tweaking to get there

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:38 pm **Post subject:**

ahh.. steadied out around 160ksec now. happy happy joy joy. wonder how this'll work now with BT running at the same time... =)

wulf · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:08 am **Post subject:**

I really want to use eMule, being that it's open source and has no banners, etc... but I just get the worst performance from it every time I try, compared to the edonkey2000 hybrid client. I've tried raising the connections, allowing more upload bandwidth, etc., but it's still so slow compared to the standard client. I'm not firewalled or anything, and like I said, the official client works well.

am I just being too impatient? I've waited for hours and days, only have maybe 20 mb of a well-sourced file come across. Is it that I haven't built up enough credits yet?? Doesn't the standard client use credits too?

there are lots of threads about this, but I see so many emule users on the network compared to ed2k users, so I think I must be doing something wrong.

currently I'm trying the eMule0.40f26-LSD15dRC2-bin client, with little success. previously I was using eMule0.41a10_TheBlackHand-Kad_v7_Bin which had a similar performance.

any suggestions?? until then, I guess I'll just stick with this edonkey2000 v0.52.3 beta client which is pretty nice.

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