[Varjak]

I'm trying to use eMule 0.50a on a Windows 10 Laptop. I'm also using Windows Defender and my internet connection is a 100/100 Mb/s fiber-optic connecttion. The wireless router is pretty new actually (my ISP upgraded it, although I didn't request it). It has no brand name on it that I can find. The previous one was Actiontec and before that was Motorola. Not helpful, but maybe that gives an idea of the equipment level.

I performed the installation and everything seemed to go as planned until the step with the port-setup and the port test. The TCP test failed. The default port seems to be 52576. I started with 'Use UPnP' as the default, but after installation and the failure to connect, I turned that off and tried the port test without it and it still failed. I also tried enabling the Autoconnect on startup. That didn't help either. I'd like to keep the UPnP, because that seems to be simpler than creating rules in my router, etc.

I then did a Google search of variations of this problem and found that it is quite common with eMule (so maybe the installer is not as good as it could be?) and it led me to this forum. Most of the threads I found ended unresolved. I did find one that suggested making sure UPnP was enabled on the router (which solved his problem), so I checked on mine and it was already set to be enabled.

I read the help guides for the GUI, Servers, and the Ports, Firewall, and Routers.

What else can I look at to fix this problem? I'm new to eMule so I have almost no idea how it works.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I also tried connecting with my VPN both enabled and not enabled. It didn't make a difference.

This post has been edited by Varjak: 29 March 2018 - 01:16 AM

[coluche]

For Upnp, I think you need your router to allow that. And it may be that not all routers support it in a way, that it works with how emule does it. emule 0.50a was written years ago - still works mostly fine.

the manual way:

- have your emuling PC have a "fix" LAN-IP
- in emule set ports that are not explicitly used for sth. else. One for TCP and one for UDP .
- in router, activate NAT / network address translation, configure for the two ports you set in emule, for the LAN-IP you set for your emuling PC.

- then, in any firewall running, allow emule/ them ports.
- some routers have a "firewall" that by default blocks everything non-standard, and you need to allow them ports there, too - even though you already allowed/configured them in NAT.

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Is it one router+modem device, or is it a router device and a separate modem device?

[Varjak]

coluche, on 04 April 2018 - 01:27 PM, said:

For Upnp, I think you need your router to allow that. And it may be that not all routers support it in a way, that it works with how emule does it. emule 0.50a was written years ago - still works mostly fine.

the manual way:

- have your emuling PC have a "fix" LAN-IP
- in emule set ports that are not explicitly used for sth. else. One for TCP and one for UDP .
- in router, activate NAT / network address translation, configure for the two ports you set in emule, for the LAN-IP you set for your emuling PC.

- then, in any firewall running, allow emule/ them ports.
- some routers have a "firewall" that by default blocks everything non-standard, and you need to allow them ports there, too - even though you already allowed/configured them in NAT.

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Is it one router+modem device, or is it a router device and a separate modem device?

Thanks.

I'm a newbie, so I need a bit more in the way of instruction in how to do what you suggest. In your first point, do you mean my PC or my Router/Modem needs to have a fixed IP? I think my computer is a fixed IP; but my router has DHCP, which I think changes the IP address (again, I'm not all that tech-knowledgeable on this point). How do I do that third step of configuring those two ports?

First, as I noted, I did check to see that UPnP was setup on my router/modem and it was indeed.

The router is an ISP-supplied router/model in one unit.

Second, I do have specific ports specified, which were assigned when I first set up eMule.

[coluche]

Ah, sorry. I meant to put links to portforward.com, but forgot.

You do not need to install any of their utilities/ "free software", they have step-by-step tutorials how to do things manually, for many routers out there.

See here for static LAN-IP. https://portforward....ng/staticip.htm

See here if your router is listed. https://portforward....ng/staticip.htm
Sometimes it works fine with a similar/close router model. typically manufacturers keep the basic structure of their interface and naming conventions across close models.

If your ISP rebranded your router, it may be listed under its original name. Eg. my former "Arcor (=ISP) modem soso" was a "Zyxel model soso".

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static LAN IP needs to be (set) on computer, the router/modem will have one anyway (standard gateway)

When the router has DHCP active, then it typically also has a specific range of LAN-IP addresses it uses for that. So when setting a static LAN-IP on your computer you should use a LAN-IP outside that range, AFAIK it then overrides dhcp usage for that one computer.

Eg. my router has 192.168.11.(001-032) reserved for DHCP, so I chose static LAN-IPs from 192.168.11.(033-255) range.

good luck.
(it all is so long ago, that I configured myself.
Once done properly, it can work for years. I used the same configuration even across moving homes/ISPs - with old router-modem of course.)

This post has been edited by coluche: 11 April 2018 - 07:34 PM