MLDonkey

[Wilse]

Hi folks,

Just had another bash at using MLDonkey on MOS 1.4 and, once I've
found a file and click on it, I get a message saying:
"Download of file started", but then nothing seems to happen.

am I missing something obvious?

[rayt]

What does "nothing seems to happen" mean? Doesn't it even appear in your download list? I'm using mldonkey since years (on linux) and I'm very happy with it, although it sometimes takes a long time till files with only a few sources are donwloaded. Also, if your computer is behind a router/firewall you should forward the mldonkey ports (4661 and 4662 if I'm not wrong).

[KennyR]

Two possibilities:

1) You're firewalled. Like Rayt says, open the ports you need.

2) The file you want is no longer available on the donkey network. This is extremely common. Donkey sucks.

[Linchpin]

Donkey dosent suck. Its config does.

Are you behind a nat firewall (ie - Linksys router connected via a cable modem)? try forwading the ports. Also make sure your max connections are not set to 0. That dosent help :-)

try searching for something really common, and see if you can download that. If your firewalled, you will have a LowID and nothing works then, or if it does, its crap. :-)

Also make sure your bandwidth throttles are not down low. I personally download heaps via the donkey, with no problems at all.

Kev

[Wilse]

rayt wrote:
What does "nothing seems to happen" mean? Doesn't it even appear in your download list?

Ah, yes it does, although under 'downloaded' there is a zero.

if your computer is behind a router/firewall you should forward the mldonkey ports (4661 and 4662 if I'm not wrong).

It's connected to Sweex router and ADSL. I'm not aware of any firewall but how do I go about forwarding ports?

Please excuse my ignorance here. Never really used MLdonkey.

[Wilse]

KennyR wrote:
2) The file you want is no longer available on the donkey network. This is extremely common. Donkey sucks.

Hmmm - reccommend an alternative?

[rayt]

It's connected to Sweex router and ADSL. I'm not aware of any firewall but how do I go about forwarding ports?

Please excuse my ignorance here. Never really used MLdonkey.

First you have to figure out if your router supports port forwarding (most newer models do so). Then you have to look up in the configuration of the router where you can configure it. You have to forward the ports from your router to the corresponding ports of your pegasos (whith a static ip). For example if your pegasos local ip is 192.168.3.9 you would need to configure the router to forward port 4661-4662 tcp and 4665-4556 udp to the same ports of your pegasos(192.168.3.9 in this example). I'm not really sure if thats all ports you have to forward, but on google you will find lots of threats on this topic. The only thing is to figure out how to configure your router.

[Wilse]

First you have to figure out if your router supports port forwarding (most newer models do so).

hmmm - nothing in the contents list of thew manual for port forwarding or firewall. Would this be under a particular section? (i.e. Admin privelidge - ADSL configuration or something?)

The only thing is to figure out how to configure your router.

I can access this easily enough, just can't find any reference to Firewall or port forwarding.

[rayt]

hmmm - nothing in the contents list of thew manual for port forwarding or firewall. Would this be under a particular section? (i.e. Admin privelidge - ADSL configuration or something?)

I found this on google, if this is your router it might be useful.

[Wilse]

rayt wrote:

I found this on google, if this is your router it might be useful.

Thank you. I'll have a look.

[Wilse]

Stupid question alert!

you should forward the mldonkey ports (4661 and 4662 if I'm not wrong).

Portforward.com says:

Unfortunately this router only allows you to forward one port at a time.

Is this a problem?

[rayt]

Is this a problem?

hmm I don't know, it might be enough to only forward port 4662, as this is the port on which mldonkey communicates to other clients.
The other option (and probably the best if you want to download lots of stuff with mldonkey) would be to replace your router with with an old linux pc running the mldonkey core and controlling it via telnet/browser/gui from your pegasos.
I'm doing it like this and my mldonkey runs 24/7, which is the only way you can decently download stuff from the donkey network imho.

[Wilse]

rayt wrote:

hmm I don't know, it might be enough to only forward port 4662, as this is the port on which mldonkey communicates to other clients.

I'll give it a try but if it doesn't work:

replace your router with with an old linux pc running the mldonkey core and controlling it via telnet/browser/gui from your pegasos.
I'm doing it like this and my mldonkey runs 24/7, which is the only way you can decently download stuff from the donkey network imho.

is a bit too much hassle.

Is there any other option for pegasos/amiga?

[KennyR]

@Wilse

There's one more option. You can run your Pegasos as a DMZ host - most routers allow this. That way you don't need to redirect any ports. It will expose your Peg to all the internet can throw at it, but MorphOS is immune to all the hacks and exploits anyway.

By the way, as an alternative to donkey I recommend bittorrent. mldonkey also allows you to download torrents. If you're after big files, bittorrent will allow you to download them in hours, donkey maybe weeks.

[neofree]

Is there an eDonkey client for OS3.x?