[awdrifter]

I've been using eMule on and off for almost 20 years. Back then it wasn't really a big deal having LowID, because eMule was much more popular back then so HighID resources are much more available. But as the ed2k network dwindles, not having the ability to connect LowID to LowID really makes getting file much more difficult and it'll drive away even more users who are LowID. While Merkur has stopped development a long time ago, it seems the community are still developing eMule. I think it'll soon get to the point where LowID to LowID connections are essential for sharing files on the ed2k network. More and more people are using 5G (home or mobile) internet and behind VPNs, so there will be a lot of users who are LowID. It's been 20 years, BitTorrent has figured this out, maybe eMule can copy their implementation and integrate it into eMule? I think it'll be a shot in the arm of staving off the decline for a little bit more.

[emule_user_downunder]

A fundamental and fatal flaw in this product.

[awdrifter]

At the time when eMule was created, that probably wasn't an issue as there were many more users, no one is on 5G connection that can't do port forwarding, and not many people are using VPN. But situation has changed, now a LowID to LowID feature has become necessary.

[emule_user_downunder]

IPv6 functionality should resolve this issue pronto. That is another layer of pain I don't think will come to eMule in a hurry.

[awdrifter]

Yea, I doubt eMule will get IPv6 ever. It's sad to see it die, but I think torrent is just the way to go for P2P now. Most eMule link sites are dead.

[megaT]

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But as the ed2k network dwindles, not having the ability to connect LowID to LowID really makes getting file much more difficult and it'll drive away even more users who are LowID.

This is essentially wrong, the client code does exactly this - what LowID means is that the client is reachable and not blocked by a firewall.
So if port's are accessible then a client connects to another client, this is exactly the way it works.

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Yea, I doubt eMule will get IPv6 ever. It's sad to see it die, but I think torrent is just the way to go for P2P now. Most eMule link sites are dead.

There were approaches to extend eMule (with mods) with IPv6 I think, but Im not sure why they failed ... it's on my TODO list to investigate this at some point however.