eMule Help

[billanben]

Now THE most important thing.

Go to Servers tab, then look on right hand side for a pane titled "MyInfo", this will telle you the server you are connected to, and whether you are Lowid or Highid. If you are Highid you are rocking, if not, back to square one.

[FLL]

Upload limits look very high - they recommend you have this set to a fraction of downlaod (remember BB upload bandwidth is much lower than download). Recommend you set that to about 24/18Kps.

You are misreading the eMule config dialog, the upload limit in the screenshot actually is 10Kps, and that's too low.

What my Log said when I started:
New client ID is 7148654

I changed to the ports you recommended. See what happens.

That ID is a low ID, that's the main reason you are having problems. Look in the Server tab under My Info and it will confirm this.. it will say Low ID and Kad will probably show Status Firewalled. This is what you need to fix, it's almost always because a firewall (incl Windows Firewall) and/or an external router isn't set to forward the ports. In my experience relying on eMule to use upnp to do this is iffy, set it up specifically.

[Amadeus]

Upload limits look very high - they recommend you have this set to a fraction of downlaod (remember BB upload bandwidth is much lower than download). Recommend you set that to about 24/18Kps.

You are misreading the eMule config dialog, the upload limit in the screenshot actually is 10Kps, and that's too low.

What my Log said when I started:
New client ID is 7148654

I changed to the ports you recommended. See what happens.

That ID is a low ID, that's the main reason you are having problems. Look in the Server tab under My Info and it will confirm this.. it will say Low ID and Kad will probably show Status Firewalled. This is what you need to fix, it's almost always because a firewall (incl Windows Firewall) and/or an external router isn't set to forward the ports. In my experience relying on eMule to use upnp to do this is iffy, set it up specifically.

My firewall is disabled. Another problem may be travel. Broadband connections at Starbucks and such. But I still really don't understand how to use these ports. How can I find the best ports? I see Emuler right now though. Hi, Emuler.

[FLL]

The terms "High ID" and "Low ID" aren't very meaningful in describing what they mean in operation. The heart of the issue is whether you can be directly connected to by an external eMule.

"High ID" means that, for example, when Emuler has an upload slot open and wants to send part of the file to you, his eMule connects to your IP address at the specific port you configured and starts sending you data. This means you get the data sooner.

"Low ID" (or, for Kad, "firewalled") means that it is impossible for anyone else to directly connect to you, you must initiate all connections. Your eMule will connect to eMuler once or twice every hour to ask if he can send you data. The problem is that at that exact moment he might not have an opening, so he says "no" and waits for you to contact him again later. Another problem is that LowID clients don't get as high a priority in the queue, since eMule is designed to spread files and in general LowID users don't do that as well.

When you are on a public wireless connection such as Starbucks there is almost no way you can have a HighID, since a public wireless router is not configured to allow external computers to connect directly to you. (Actually, in some cases a VPN connection will get around that problem, but that costs money and is a whole another story).

I assume when you are at home you also use wireless but with your own broadband connection. If that's the case, your own router needs to be configured that when another eMule tries to contact you on your configured port the router forwards that data to you. Then and only then will you have a High ID.

Also... completely disabling your firewall when you are at Starbucks is dangerous. Much better to properly configure it.

[Amadeus]

The terms "High ID" and "Low ID" aren't very meaningful in describing what they mean in operation. The heart of the issue is whether you can be directly connected to by an external eMule.

"High ID" means that, for example, when Emuler has an upload slot open and wants to send part of the file to you, his eMule connects to your IP address at the specific port you configured and starts sending you data. This means you get the data sooner.

"Low ID" (or, for Kad, "firewalled") means that it is impossible for anyone else to directly connect to you, you must initiate all connections. Your eMule will connect to eMuler once or twice every hour to ask if he can send you data. The problem is that at that exact moment he might not have an opening, so he says "no" and waits for you to contact him again later. Another problem is that LowID clients don't get as high a priority in the queue, since eMule is designed to spread files and in general LowID users don't do that as well.

When you are on a public wireless connection such as Starbucks there is almost no way you can have a HighID, since a public wireless router is not configured to allow external computers to connect directly to you. (Actually, in some cases a VPN connection will get around that problem, but that costs money and is a whole another story).

I assume when you are at home you also use wireless but with your own broadband connection. If that's the case, your own router needs to be configured that when another eMule tries to contact you on your configured port the router forwards that data to you. Then and only then will you have a High ID.

Also... completely disabling your firewall when you are at Starbucks is dangerous. Much better to properly configure it.

I understand. Anyway, when one has finally finished, how sweet it shall be.

So, what is the proper firewall setting for windows xp?

[billanben]

You should be able to add in allow both ways TCP and UDP for all ports ONLY for EM application - check advanced settings for firewall. Your router takes care anyway that only the ports you forward allows traffic.

[Amadeus]

Is there any way to specifically prompt or ask another file holder to share? Also, where is the banning function, if any?

[Rich]

what firewall are you using? i would turn off the Windows XP one and use either ZoneAlarm...

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/f ... ption.html

or Sygate Personal Firewall...

http://www.tucows.com/preview/213160

then try running emule with the original ports that were set. they will both ask you if you want to allow emule when you press connect.

you can always test your firewalls effectiveness here...

https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

[billanben]

Is there any way to specifically prompt or ask another file holder to share? Also, where is the banning function, if any?

There is a messaging capability - if you select the file and then right-click you will see the opportunity to send message to user. They have the possibility to block this message from you.

[FLL]

then try running emule with the original ports that were set.

The main reason to change the ports is that the default ports are well known as eMule and can be most easily blocked or limited. No idea how effective that is any more, but it can't hurt and if the system is properly configured it will work with other ports. If it isn't it still won't work with the defaults.