Servers

I noticed in the new version of xolox we can put in additional server addresses - I did found some at gnutella.da.ru.

Which parts of the address go where please? (There are two fields to enter the address inside) I don't want to put something in the wrong place.

Also, how do I know which servers I am connected to please?

Also this might sound like a dumb question but will the extra servers mean more files, or faster downloading?

Many thankyou in advance.

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[Moak]

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Carole put IP in first field and port number in second (often seperated from IP by ":", do not enter it just put port in second field, port number is usualy 6346).
However you don't need to do this, Xolox will search servers automatically (using so called host caches which provides hundreds of other servants). I would say this is more a nerd option: You can use it to share with friends (enter your friends IP and port to trade with him/her)... or if you meet people you wanna trade often with (enter their IP/port).

Maybe you ask why is this feature, can't I trade with everyone? Short answer, no gnutella is too big to trade with everyone... you are connected to a so called horizon, which means the servers you have access to, you can see, around 1000 - 50000 servers. You will find more details about gnutella here: What is Gnutella?

Hope it helps, Moak

PS: To the Xolox developers: What is a typical horizon within Xolox, how many hosts do we connect with?
PPS: Maybe it is a good idea to seperate all nerd option from the normal preferences. To keep Xolox simple for rookies, and give an advanced-nerd-making-happy-full-statistics-and-tuning-options-extra window. Without understanding Gnutella or a big help file it makes no sense to give newbies those options.... they will be confused only. After a while I like your idea of a simple servant.

thankyou

I know how to exchange files on chat programs like aim and icq but say i want to use xolox to exchange with a freind how do i? how also do i find my port and how do i know their port to use? is it quicker to use xolox that im's? when i know this how do i find the file from a friend i want to download?

More than one question in this. But you know so much and I appreciate your help. Thankyou Moak

[Moak]

Hi, I would say programs like ICQ or mIRC (don't know AIM) are an easy way to trade files with friends (it's easy to use and more important: it's easy to find your friends).

Any other method may be more complicate, you at least need to know the IP/port of your friend (or tell them your own). The port is usualy 6346, but the IP is more difficult to find - can change if you are using dynamic IP and willl be more difficult if you are using are firewall/proxy. So I would say... this is definitely something for more advanced users. Sorry, anyone can give a better solution?
Actually if you are interested: It is possible to trade with friends (even with dynamic IP or firewalls), just ask a friend for help. A very good idea is an FTP-server and a permanent host adress (eg.g www.no-ip.com), advantages: the FTP-protocoll is the fastest and music/cookrecipes sharing between close friends is good if you have rare taste (some say bad taste).

Anyway, when using Xolox or Morpheus or other P2P programs, you will find nearly alll you need (depending on what you are looking for).

I have uploaded a little program written in delphi for resolving your own ip address at any time.

Please note it does NOT resolve network addresses properly. I haven't worked that one out yet but you could try a program like RazzMon to resolve the network ip shared address/es.

both are placed at http://briefcase.yahoo.com/judeshares - I have tried to make it public access but if not try the password blahblah

You will need the razzmon update if you wish to make the connections with razzmon for your own network.


Jude

[guru]

Nice one Jude,
Are you up for modifications ?

can it be adapted to handle multiple network cards?
as at the moment it only picks up 1 of my 3


nice prog tho...

hey guru

I don't know exactly what you mean. can you be more specific? 'cos if you mean you can't find the ip address of each physical unit from the server, that is expected on razzmon as the 'logical' ip address bears absolutely no relevance to the 'real' address as seen by the netpipe backbone. therefore, if you want to see which address is relevant for each machine you have to go to each machine, click on the client and the address will show there, and only there and will be unique to the others. razzmon was NOT written by me:-) i can't do stuff like that yet but i'm working on it.

razzmon has it's limitations as it wasn't really intended for the purposes of finding local addresses from your server - it was just an idea of mine to let you know your own resolved network addresses - but using your legs is good for the figure:-)

Peace

Jude

I can't edit the reply I made Guru - sorry

my reply was ambiguous

but clicking the client should obviously be the razzmon client (usually green mini-monitors, could be red, depending on choice per machine) to obtain the local logical address.