-=PCTechTalk=- Re: winmx
- From: Master NetLord <NetLord@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:31:52 -0400
Steve,
You hit the nail on the head. In some cases, I think it's because people are
getting more and more concerned about allowing others on their computers for
fear of security risks. They think it's OK to "get" but not "give". Others
are people that simply are selfish.
Some of the P2P programs have settings where you can refuse to allow downloads
from your computer unless they are sharing as well.
Another reason you see long queues now is that many P2P programs allow the user
to "manage" the downloads. This means they can set the amount of bandwidth
allowed to be used for downloads from their computers. Often times people set
that number of downloads, or the bandwidth ratio such that their resources are
slanted heavily towards their own downloads, not uploads. For example, I have
a DSL line here with a download speed of around 625 and an upload of 350 mbps.
In WinMX (and other P2P programs) I can set the upload throttle well below the
350 kbps and therefore save bandwidth for my own downloads. I can also limit
the number of Simultaneous uploads and again maximize my downloads. When
people do this, they make it much harder to exchange files -- the queues get
longer.
Regards from the
"Keyboard Cowboy",
Master NetLord
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Scottsdale, Arizona
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Tuesday
07/23/2002
12:13:39 PM
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:41:15 -0400 (EDT), Stan B wrote:
>
>I'm curious as to whether longer queues are more of a function of
>people unwilling to share what they have, combined with growing
>numbers of d/l requests. I've used Winmx, grokster, kazaa and
>recently kazaalite, and I'm finding more and more people d/l'ing
>large files from me, that have nothing to share themselves.
>Sometimes I let it go, but lately, if somebody is d/l a large file
>and it appears they do not want to share anything themselves, then I
>send a terse message indicating that I only share with people that
>also share, and then cancel their d/l from my machine. So far,
>nobody has had the guts to answer or complain.
>
>...Steve
>
>
>
>--- "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>Since upping to WinMx3.2 I found the same....huge queues for almost
>>everything. So I installed KaZaA. I was thrilled with the speed
>>with which it 'found' things. I had four downloads going last
>>night - started off with over 6kb per sec but slowed down as the
>>end approached (and, presumably activity in the Western world
>>stepped up). Would you believe at one stage 0·03kb per sec was par
>>for the course? Good high speed stuff. How long to d/l 1gig???LOL
>> Rick .
>>
>>
>>
>>Steve Aiello wrote:
>>>HB I had just the opposite. Speeded it up till I
>>got 3+ downloads or
>>>uploads going. Also didn't have to go on the
>>waiting list on to many of
>>>the songs I wanted. Steve
>>>
>>>
>>
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