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eMule http://emule-project.net A filesharing client based on eD2K and Kademlia TROUBLESHOOTING --------------- Start from the FAQ.txt file! On official eMule website you can find an extended FAQ list and a rich documentation. Be sure to use search function. If you didn't find an answer search eMule forum, if you still can't find an answer open a new thread. LATEST ------ To download the latest eMule version visit our site: http://emule-project.net/download We use SourceForge as hosting provider, so to download it directly from SourceForge use this link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/emule/files/latest/download BUGS ---- You can report bugs and ask for new features in a subforum of official eMule board. As always search before opening a new thread. LICENSING --------- eMule Copyright (C)2002-2015 Merkur This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. eDonkey2000(C) Jed McCaleb, MetaMachine Windows(TM) is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation (C). SourceForge.net is owned and operated by Slashdot Media. Slashdot Media is a Dice Holdings, Inc. company.
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---------------------------------- *** Frequently Asked Questions *** ---------------------------------- 1. How can I download faster? 2. How can I get green arrows in the globe (high ID)? 3. How can I update my servers list? 4. How can I connect to Kad network? 5. How can I avoid fake files? 6. I cannot add a file to Transfers, what can I do? 7. Why downloads are vanished from the list and what can I do? 8. I get low ID again, but it was all OK, why this happen? 9. How can I update eMule? 10. How many servers are there? 11. Why is surfing slower when eMule runs? 12. Which is the best server? 13. Should I set all my files to high priority or release? 14. Should I start eMule as administrator? 15. Which ports are better? 16. Where can I get more help? ------------------------- 1. How can I download faster? ------------------------- eMule is about *SHARING*, not downloading! Anyway mind the following: - get green arrows in the bottom right globe, read next answer; - keep eMule running, the longer the better; - don't mess up your settings, if you don't know, don't touch it. ------------------------------------------------- 2. How can I get green arrows in the globe (high ID)? ------------------------------------------------- SHORT: setup your router and your firewall, some providers can block your eMule anyway. LONG: here you can read more details about how to setup your Router and your Firewall. ------ -------- Router ------ To setup your router you can use UPnP. It can be enabled in eMule in Options - Connection, if it works then in Servers - Log you should read: UPnP successfully set up forwardings for ports 40251 (TCP) and 25554 (UDP) if so, your router should be OK, but if you read: UPnP failed to setup port forwardings, please foward those ports manually if necessary! then you have to disable UPnP in eMule and manually forward ports in your router. To forward ports in your router log in your router and use your eMule ports and your local IP address to create two rules for eMule. To log in your router you should use one of the following (it depends on your router manufacturer and model): http://192.168.1.1 http://192.168.1.254 http://192.168.0.1 http://192.168.2.1 http://10.0.0.1 http://routerlogin in your router interface you should read Advanced or NAT or Virtual Servers or Port Forwarding or Firewall or Port Mapping. There you can create two rules for eMule. You can find eMule ports in Options - Connection. You can use this trick to know your local IP: - in eMule Options - WebServer, enable it; - in Servers - WebServer you will read your IP as http://<YourLocalIP>:4711 Example of rules: Name eMuleTCP Type TCP Internal Port 40251 IP 192.168.1.28 External Port 40251 Name eMuleUDP Type UDP Internal Port 25554 IP 192.168.1.28 External Port 25554 Firewall -------- Windows firewall and most commercial firewalls don't need to be configured, usually allowing eMule at first run is enough, if you didn't then close eMule, delete everything about eMule in your firewall, open eMule and allow it through the firewall itself, otherwise check the product manual, anyway it is like a router setup, you just have not to put any IP. Please note some internet service providers won't allow you to get high ID or gives you a private (10.) or shared (100.) IP, if you have a private or shared IP you can't have high ID, in such cases contact your internet service provider Read FAQ 8 "I get low ID again, but it was all OK, why this happen?" -------------------------------- 3. How can I update my servers list? -------------------------------- Servers - Update servers.met from URL use one of the following: http://shortypower.org/server.met http://gruk.org/server.met.gz http://serveurs.emule-french.org http://upd.emule-security.org/server.met http://e-elinks.webs.com/server.met http://peerates.net/servers.php http://emuling.net23.net/server.met http://update.adunanza.net/servers.met -------------------------------- 4. How can I connect to Kad network? -------------------------------- Get a high ID and start downloading something. You can try to boostrap Kad in Kad - IP or Address by using: 63.64.164.91:5298 195.236.75.57:5674 StartMyKad19.eMuleSecurity.ita.co:1701 213.84.166.203:4673 StartMyKad52.eMuleSecurity.ita.co:1765 216.63.109.137:5553 -------------------------- 5. How can I avoid fake files? -------------------------- Before downloading: - check file details; - check file ratings; - read comments; - more than other... use your brain! Can a .txt have a bitrate!? No. During download: - check file type in Trasfers - Details; - use preview; - check file names, does they match somewhat? They should! ----------------------------------------------- 6. I cannot add a file to Transfers, what can I do? ----------------------------------------------- Options - Directories, be sure eMule can write in these directories. If you are using Windows Vista or newer you should avoid to use directories under Program Files. C:\Program Files(x86)\eMule\Temp is bad, but C:\Users\Tim\Downloads\eMule\Temp is good. ---------------------------------------------------------- 7. Why downloads are vanished from the list and what can I do? ---------------------------------------------------------- Check if the correct path to the temporary folder is entered in Options - Directories. In Servers - Log check if there are corrupted .met files. If some of your .met files are corrupted *do not* reboot eMule, open downloads.txt or downloads.bak from eMule config folder and use one of these: - DonkeyDoctor http://contentdb.emule-project.net/download.php?file=15721 - MetMedic http://contentdb.emule-project.net/download.php?file=733 - MetFileRegenerator http://contentdb.emule-project.net/download.php?file=5413 - Known Metinator ed2k://|file|KM.zip|117935|F1AA483F9306D4A37020E663E2BE7922| ------------------------------------------------------ 8. I get low ID again, but it was all OK, why this happen? ------------------------------------------------------ Check again your firewall, sometimes a firewall update can mess up things. Your router assigns dynamically an IP to your device, you have to set a static IP in Windows or reserve your computer IP in your router, this way your router is forced to give the same IP to your computer at every boot. If more than one device is connected to your router IP reservation is recommended, it avoids IP conflicts between devices. Not all routers allows you to reserve the IP, in these cases choose an IP that your router cannot manage and set it as static. To reserve your IP in your router search Address Reservation or Static DHCP or MAC-Base assignement or so, it depends on your router, you may need to know your physical address to do so. To set a static IP you have to type your IP in your connection properties. ---------------------- 9. How can I update eMule? ---------------------- - Download latest .zip binaries from here http://sf.net/p/emule/files/eMule and overwrite your old emule.exe with the new one, overwrite your language file in eMule /lang directory with the new one, too. - Another method is to download the new installer from here http://sf.net/projects/emule/files/latest/download close (not unistall!) your old eMule and install the new one, but keep in mind you have to choose the same directory, otherwise problems will arise. eMule stores your identity in preferences.dat file, it uses cryptkey.dat to validate your identity and stores other people credits in clients.met file, so if you have to move your eMule or if you have trouble keep these files at least. -------------------------- 10. How many servers are there? -------------------------- About ten. Do not use random servers lists, just use recommended ones and delete all servers if you have more than 20 servers, then update your servers list again. ------------------------------------- 11. Why is surfing slower when eMule runs? ------------------------------------- eMule uses a lot of network resources. By default eMule uses UploadSpeedSense, a method to determine upload speed, it may fail, in this case set an upload limit manually. To do so go to the Options tab, enter the Download Capacity and Upload Capacity according to your internet connection. All values in eMule are kilo Bytes (kB), your Internet Service Provider's (ISP) numbers are most likely kilo bits (kb). 8 bits make up 1 Byte, so when your internet connection is 7482 Kbps downstream and 613 kbps Upstream, your correct values are: Downstream: 7482 kbps / 8 = 935.3 kB/s, you enter 935 as Download Capacity Upstream: 613 kbps / 8 = 76.6 kB/s, you enter 77 as Upload Capacity The capacity values are used for the statistics display only. Nevertheless, you need to know them to determine download and upload limits. Set limits to ~80% of your capacities, so when your download capacity is 935, set download limit to 750 and when your upload limit is 77 set upload limit to 62. Don't get mad because of these numbers, a simple trick can help you: 7482 kbps (misured speed) -> 748 ~ 750 kB/s download limit 613 kbps (misured speed) -> 61 ~ 62 KB/s upload limit Got it? Just strip last number if misured in bit and set it as limit in Byte! Setting Upload Limit to a value < 10 will automatically reduce your download limit, so upload as fast as you can. eMule uses a lot of connections, too. If you use a router set maximum connections to 120 and you will be OK, you can increase this number to get more sources at startup (you will notice differences at startup only) but it may hang your device, so make it at your own risk. ------------------------ 12. Which is the best server? ------------------------ No one, really. Do not choose the server, servers do not have any file, servers gives to your eMule the list of clients that share parts of your files. Ignore ping, ignore the number of users connected, eMule will contact all servers in your serverslist anyway. ----------------------------------------------------- 13. Should I set all my files to high priority or release? ----------------------------------------------------- No. Priorities are used to favour certain files over the other. The priorities are relative to each other, i.e. all files to low priority is the same as all files to high or all files to normal. Priority for downloads influences how eMule treats the file when searching for sources or when processing connections. Upload priority determines which files eMule favours when someone requests this file. Other clients who request high priority uploads will advance faster in your queue. ------------------------------------- 14. Should I start eMule as administrator? ------------------------------------- No. If you cannot add files because your Temp path is under the Program Files then change that path, in other cases running eMule as administrator will have no effect at all. ---------------------- 15. Which ports are better? ---------------------- No one. Do not change eMule ports, eMule randomize ports during installation and that is perfectly fine, if special ports will exist then eMule developer will add them to eMule as default. Do not use the same port for TCP and UDP, again: do not change eMule ports. ------------------------- 16. Where can I get more help? ------------------------- If you didn't find an answer, *search* the website here http://emule-project.net/home/perl/help.cgi or eMule forum for a topic related to your problem http://forum.emule-project.net/index.php?app=core&module=search please *do not* open a new topic before doing that, most likely someone else had the same problem before. You can get real time help on IRC, just click on IRC and choose a not-too-unwise nickname. Read the channel before asking questions. Please be polite, we are all volunteers.
This post has been edited by Zangune: 06 July 2015 - 09:32 AM
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