eDonkey (a napster look-a-like)
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| Posted on | 02/04/01 21:46 |
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The following article is written by Alfred (THANK YOU!):
I wanted to make myself useful on the Internet and when I read the article from MP|3 (which you can read here) I also wanted to make something. Then I saw the following reaction from Mercular:
The Start
And why not I thought and I start searching on http://www.edonkey2000.net:
It also said:
This means it works the same way as KaZaA. So they don't have any problems with the record companies (yet) as Napster now has.
How does it work?
The program works almost the same way as Napster and KaZaA. A button with 'search' with which you search for 'any' type of file.
At Downloads you can look how it goes. For example you can see how much you have to download, how many k/sec is sending, how long it takes, and from wich user you download. But this can also be several users at a time!
At this picture you see all kinds of coloured pieces. The colors mean this:
Black: The parts you have already downloaded
Red: Parts that can't be found on the donkey network.
Gray: Parts that you are currently asking for.
Shades of Blue: The more blue the more common that part of the file.
Of course it's a good idea that several pieces of one movie are being downloaded but it sucks if nobody has the middle pieces of the movie. Sometimes I even wonder if I ever get a FULL movie like this, because of the many pieces.
At options I noticed the following:
You can choose for yourself how many k/sec you upload and how many k/sec you download. The total k/sec you can see at the bottom of your screen:
Conclusion
This could be a nice alternative for Napster. Some advantages:
⋅ No central server. Servers can be located anywhere at any IP address..
⋅ Download a file from several different users at once.
⋅ Simultaneous uploading and downloading of the same file.
⋅ Decide for yourself how many k/sec you up and download.
Disadvantages for me are:
⋅ It doesn't work fast
⋅ With big files it could be a problem if you download from several sources, and don't get a full file.
⋅ It could all be more colourful.
⋅ Need more users connected.
Download
If you want to try the program click here. It's not very difficult to install it. You can choose some options like this:
Pretty standard. Give it a try!
Let us know what u think of eDonkey... react below!
I wanted to make myself useful on the Internet and when I read the article from MP|3 (which you can read here) I also wanted to make something. Then I saw the following reaction from Mercular:
Reaction by Mercular on Monday 26 February 2001 How about a review of eDonkey2000 as well? |
The Start
And why not I thought and I start searching on http://www.edonkey2000.net:
It allows you to transfer any type of file. It automatically resumes interrupted transfers from alternate sources. It even introduces ways to share a whole collection of files together so you can be sure to get all the songs in an album or all pieces of a movie. Users will be able to download a file from multiple sources at the same time thus insuring that transfers will be as fast as possible. |
It also said:
No central server. Servers can be located anywhere at any IP address. |
This means it works the same way as KaZaA. So they don't have any problems with the record companies (yet) as Napster now has.
How does it work?
The program works almost the same way as Napster and KaZaA. A button with 'search' with which you search for 'any' type of file.
At Downloads you can look how it goes. For example you can see how much you have to download, how many k/sec is sending, how long it takes, and from wich user you download. But this can also be several users at a time!
At this picture you see all kinds of coloured pieces. The colors mean this:
Black: The parts you have already downloaded
Red: Parts that can't be found on the donkey network.
Gray: Parts that you are currently asking for.
Shades of Blue: The more blue the more common that part of the file.
Of course it's a good idea that several pieces of one movie are being downloaded but it sucks if nobody has the middle pieces of the movie. Sometimes I even wonder if I ever get a FULL movie like this, because of the many pieces.
At options I noticed the following:
You can choose for yourself how many k/sec you upload and how many k/sec you download. The total k/sec you can see at the bottom of your screen:
Conclusion
This could be a nice alternative for Napster. Some advantages:
⋅ No central server. Servers can be located anywhere at any IP address..
⋅ Download a file from several different users at once.
⋅ Simultaneous uploading and downloading of the same file.
⋅ Decide for yourself how many k/sec you up and download.
Disadvantages for me are:
⋅ It doesn't work fast
⋅ With big files it could be a problem if you download from several sources, and don't get a full file.
⋅ It could all be more colourful.
⋅ Need more users connected.
Download
If you want to try the program click here. It's not very difficult to install it. You can choose some options like this:
Pretty standard. Give it a try!
Let us know what u think of eDonkey... react below!
Want to submit your own review? Click here
I use it a lot, speed is less important with cable 
Not many Dutch users yet, I think, because there are no divx-movies with dutch subtitles (yet)
Not many Dutch users yet, I think, because there are no divx-movies with dutch subtitles (yet)
:4 eD2k is top stuff! I've been using it for abit now and love it! Why, because its RESUMABLE! 
May not be much to most of you well off people out there, but I still use the humble old 56k modem on a BT service which keeps free 24hourz. The speed seems to keep to 4-5bps, which I agree 
sucks, but give it a week and I get a movie and a few other bits aleast AND make someone else 
happy, as they can download KooL stuff from me too! 
It has to happen soon, where I shall install ADSL, but it costs alittle TOO much for me! HEY, I have other hobbiez too... 
Home Cinema, Big screen Cinema, DvD moviez, PlayStation 1 & 2 gamez, DreamCast gamez, GameBoy Advance gamez, Food, Mortagage, Billz on and on and on!
Take care all, see'ya on the flip side! :8
I've been using it for abit now and love it! Why, because its RESUMABLE! May not be much to most of you well off people out there, but I still use the humble old 56k modem on a BT service which keeps free 24hourz. The speed seems to keep to 4-5bps, which I agree sucks, but give it a week and I get a movie and a few other bits aleast AND make someone else happy, as they can download KooL stuff from me too! It has to happen soon, where I shall install ADSL, but it costs alittle TOO much for me! HEY, I have other hobbiez too... Home Cinema, Big screen Cinema, DvD moviez, PlayStation 1 & 2 gamez, DreamCast gamez, GameBoy Advance gamez, Food, Mortagage, Billz on and on and on!
Take care all, see'ya on the flip side! :8
Please fix the Link on this page!! Don't link to the file, link to the download page..!!
This program is new and is currently fixing some problems, but over all, I have loved this program. So far I've gotten over a 100 divx movies..
The part thing is a double edge sword. With it breaking the file into parts, you can upload parts of the file without even having the whole file. This makes files with high demand spread a LOT faster. But, there are some incomplete files running around on the network. I believe there will be a new feature in the next version to help identify these files.
This program is new and is currently fixing some problems, but over all, I have loved this program. So far I've gotten over a 100 divx movies..
The part thing is a double edge sword. With it breaking the file into parts, you can upload parts of the file without even having the whole file. This makes files with high demand spread a LOT faster. But, there are some incomplete files running around on the network. I believe there will be a new feature in the next version to help identify these files.
I' ve been using the gnutella network and kazaa/morpheus for a while until I discovered ed2k and it beats both. It's true that the incomplete-file issue is annoying but it's lot easier to get i.e. complete movies than with the other sharing-tools mentioned at the beginning. And due to that you automatically share a file you're currently downloading, freeloading is almost impossible
Edonkey is the best file sharing program around.
Download it now.
This Program has really grown up in the last 6 months. The programming is all done by one guy, but dont be fooled...it is amazing. It is built on a file sharing algorithm that kills the competition...files always resume, files come from multiple sources at a time-meaning that download speeds of 200kb/sec are possible. Come check it out. Many of the comments above about bugs are from older versions of the program, it has been very Beta until recently...there are very few bugs left and they are being worked out all the time. If you try eDonkey, it is not likely that you will continue to use the other programs on this site afterward...it is that great. ©Bubba_Gump
This really does work great! Other programs such as kazza and gnutella dont really work well for large movies, but the latest version 1155 of edonkey knocks off the competition. At present there are at least 20-40 servers, with around 200-2000 users each.
From a 1-man band, this prog has grown and grown and it really does the business! (even for Large files).
:9
From a 1-man band, this prog has grown and grown and it really does the business! (even for Large files).
:9
eDonkey2000 is currently the only filesharing prog I use. Has been since Feb. It is only 9 months old, so it's still growing up. It by far my favorite filesharing network. Great community!
Edonkey is brilliant if you`ve got broadband, but if you`ve still got a 56k modem it is painful. Its even more painful when you want to download a movie which normally takes 2 weeks to do, when other people keep uploading the very same file your downloading! While this isn`t a problem for people with broadband it is for the rest of us with 56k modems. Really we need all the bandwidth we can get and uploading the same file whilst your downloading it just slows down the "ONE" download your doing. Why only "ONE" download you may ask? Well because thats all its worth bothering with on a 56k modem anyway!
So my final word. Great for Broadband users, Bloody terrible for 56k users.
It wouldn`t really effect the broadband users if something was added to the program to allow maximum 6kps downloads with 0 uploads because broadband users wouldn`t notice anyway.
But with 56k like me, your quite simply better off asking your broadband friends nicely to download the big files for you.
So my final word. Great for Broadband users, Bloody terrible for 56k users.
It wouldn`t really effect the broadband users if something was added to the program to allow maximum 6kps downloads with 0 uploads because broadband users wouldn`t notice anyway.
But with 56k like me, your quite simply better off asking your broadband friends nicely to download the big files for you.
Posted by ave on Friday 26 October 2001 00:15
Edonkey2000 is wonderful: it´s -generally- fast, transparent -you see what parts are d/loading and what are remaining-and the resuming option works perfectly. Besides, you MUST share -no way acting like a Scrooge here, Jose- so, all in all, it´s a great piece of software. Hope they'll keep on improving (user search, etc).
so, all in all, it´s a great piece of software. Hope they'll keep on improving (user search, etc).
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