Computer StuffI'm sure this can work for other peer to peer network, but it's only worth something with programs that have a credit system, so you can personally reward those who give, and remove those who don't.
You may have noticed emule doesn't show you the persons IP that's downloading from you, only the IP of the server they're on. Although emule has pretty good filters/auto ban features/upload score system, like anything else, it's not perfect. Emule is the most downloaded project in the history of sourceforge, so needless to say, it's one of the best, if not the best peer to peer network.
This tutorial is for technically adept people. If you don't know what a high ID is, or can't get one, go away.
Suppose someone has given me 50mb, and I've given them 70mb. Well, emule ranks someone who has given me nothing higher because the other person, who has given, has taken more than they've given. I rather block the oodles of losers that have an upload of 3 and a download rate of 30. It's just more efficient and it'll get your file downloaded much faster, so you can be using it, and let the lil tards download it then. That's not to say I don't want to give to those who just started downloading, it's to say once I've uploaded 6 times what I've downloaded, and have made more people competing for the same files, I get irritated. I'll share after it's done, when I'll be using my brand spanking new program.
There's no reason to start blocking people from the start, it's good to see who gives, and who doesnt, when it comes to rare files.
If the persons downloaded 30% of the file, and has given nothing, and you're 500+ on their queue(or list full), get rid of them, and let someone download from you who has given you something in the past.
To see where you are in someone's queue double click the file you're downloading and look for their username.
If someone is on queue, that has the parts you need, and a ton of people that don't have anything to offer are ahead of them downloading, block them, upload to the people that have the file, and increase your queue on their list. Remove the block once your file is done downloading.
Block anyone that has their queue full, they're morons and already have tons of people downloading from them to ever give you anything.
I'll be using dos to block people. I'm sure windows firewall can do it, but it's better to disable windows firewall to begin with when using emule. You could also use sygate personal firewall, but first you'll need to get their IP with netstat.
The command I'll be using is:
route BlockIP MyIP
I'll be using netstat, to get their IP, ipconfig to be getting myIP, and DNSstuff.com's DNS lookup, maybe, to translate their emule IP into the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx numerical format.
First lets get their IP. start -> run and type "cmd" without the quotes. Then type
netstat -b
It will give you a list of all the connections from the internet to your computer. If you have too many programs connecting to your computer, consider cleaning up your startup.
Now just check which IPs are connected to your computer from the program "emule". Sometimes the "Foreign Address" will be really long and contain letters. Use a DNS lookup tool to convert those long addresses into a number like 127.0.0.1.
So now you have their IP address, but which users IP address do you have?
It's trial and error unfortunately because you cant tell whosewho. You can block your downloads as well as your uploads, so blocking always works best with files that have few people sharing.
route add 198.9.9.9 61.1.1.1
And the person at 198.9.9.9 is now blocked. Go back to emule, and you'll notice someone's downloading speed go to 0. If the command removes someone you didnt want to remove from uploading, you unblock them with this command.
route delete 198.9.9.9
...and they'll begin downloading again.
See whose connecting to my computer
netstat -b
Look for connections from "emule.exe" that's not :4242 foreign adress. Copy. Use DNS lookup tool if needed to resolve IP.
ipconfig
Find my IP
route add foreignaddress myIP
Blocked.
That's it. lol. If you could follow. If you screw up type route delete blockedIPaddress
Due to the system emule uses, you may actually want to block someone you're downloading from. Ever had a file going really fast and then, at the end, right before it's done, it goes extremmmely slow? That's because emule gives you files in pieces. While you have several pieces of the file to download you download from multiple sources. Once the last piece of the file is ready to downloaded, it picks whoever is ready to give it to your first, regardless of their connection. If the file is shared by many people, it's better just to ban the guy uploading to you at 200 bytes and wait for a better source.
Type
route print
Usually the ones you add are marked default 1 under metric, instead of 20. You can manually delete blocked IPs by typing
route delete IPaddress
Or to clear all bans automatically use
route -f
but then you'll have to reconnect to the internet with the command
ipconfig /renew
To copy from a DOS screen, which is very useful for those long foreign addresses, you can't just click control+C. You have to right click, hit mark, highlight what you want to copy, and right click again, to copy. Very useful.
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Haha no. I download my file faster and the people who give are rewarded. I don't generally care until the next day about blocking people. This system is against for all the morons that set their upload to 3 and download to 30 or upload 10 and download 500.
Also search for IPfilter in emule, and JimmyR =P
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