I am assuming that you've not explained yourself well, and that actually when you click a link it
is added to your download list, you just not being patient enough to let it download?
Or are you saying that you click a link and
nothing at all happens (ie. its not even sent to your emule client) like you suggested in your first post?
I'm not clear which one you mean, so you need to clarify that. That aside you should read all this:
If you can click a link, and this link is then added to emule download list then everything is fine. Waiting means just that, its waiting to get to the rank of 0 in a queue so it can begin downloading.
Emule needs to have a high id (this means it can communicate with the oustide world) and the downloads added need to turn blue.
Aslong as your isps does not throttle ports or traffic shape then your downloads will eventually start and they will download and then go green to indicate they have completed.
Servers are largely irrelevant, but order by number of users, select the "DonkeyServer" servers and add them to your static list (right click>add to static list). If you go to your preferences there's an option under something like connection to "Only connect to servers on my static list". It doesn't really matter, source exchange and KAD mean that server communication isn't overly important.
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I can search in emule and copy links but it doesnt download it just shows the amount of sources and says status is waiting and it never gets past waiting |
Then it is working perfectly fine, you are simply not being patient enough to allow it to download or leaving your emule client open long enough.
Leave your pc on 24/7, do not repeatedly open up and close down emule. This resets your queue status on other clients and you'll never get anywhere. This is
vital for new users. You have no credits to your name, no upload, and therefore you are right at the bottom of everyones queue. Queue sizes are based upon the time you've been connected (hence why its vital to leave emule running 24/7, at least initially) and how much you upload.
Upload as much as possible, this will give you a queue boost. Capping your upload at about 80% of your lines upload capability is recommended.
Queue up more than one file (click about 10 files to download), more queues, more upload, more credits, more active downloads = the higher your going to be downloading overall.
once you have negotiated to the top of queues for files, and you develop upload credits on many other clients, you can then afford to close down emule and what not, but since your completely new to the network, if your closing down your application and not being patient your never going to get anywhere.
Emule isn't a leech network like kazaa, torrent, etc. Its why its the biggest p2p network on the planet, and why its been around so long.
A real problem would be:
a) if you click a link and it isn't added to your emule, which is what all the other people replying have been. If you have this problem, you need to associate emule with
b) you get to the front of queues, and the download begins, but never gets over 0.0Kb/s or your immediately dropped from a queue. This suggests firewalling, badly configured router, or your on a crap isp that tries to drop emule traffic.
c) the downloads don't go blue,. This is a network problem, either the file in question has no sources, or your firewalled/restricted by your isp
d) you get a lowid = firewall/router misconfigured.
I would recommend reconfiguring your setup to use ports other than the defaults. These can be changed in your preferences. Something higher like 9662 and 9672 is wiser.
