i found this page detailing which ports different p2p networks use. Just thought someone might find it helpful or at least interesting.

The link doesn't work. Is it b/c you need to be a member of something?

yeah, im getting the same error when im trying their site today, too.... it worked yesterday...I'll have to attach a screenshot one day when the link is working... sorry

here we go... the site is behaving today, and i've copied the text of the port table to paste here for when the page doesnt want to load for people....

Network Type Historical default MLdonkey default Configuration file
eDonkey2000 TCP 4662 port = 4662 donkey.ini
eDonkey2000 UDP 4672 (eMule) port + 4 = 4666 donkey.ini
Overnet TCP 4662 overnet_port = random donkey.ini
Overnet UDP No default Same as TCP donkey.ini
Gnutella TCP 6346 client_port = 6346 gnutella.ini
Gnutella UDP Same as TCP client_port = 6346 gnutella.ini
Gnutella2 TCP No default client_port = 6347 gnutella2.ini
Gnutella2 UDP Same as TCP client_port = 6347 gnutella2.ini
BitTorrent TCP 6881 client_port = 6882 bittorrent.ini
Fasttrack TCP 1214 client_port = 1214 fasttrack.ini
OpenNap TCP 6699 client_port = 9999 opennap.ini
Direct Connect TCP 1412 client_port = 4444 directconnect.ini
Direct Connect UDP Same as TCP client_port = 4444 directconnect.ini
Soulseek TCP 2234 client_port = 2234 soulseek.ini

Thanks EllisD

However, some of the info on that page is years out of date e.g.:

Quote:

Many problems have been identified with the legacy Gnutella network. For example there is ample research indicating that it cannot scale or that it uses too much overhead. But perhaps more importantly it lacks a clear set of network standards, which has led to a network of unequal clients and abusive behaviour, to the point that one client can consume 80% of the resources on the entire network!

IIRC, that was based on information from studies done before 2002! and the link for gnutella goes to the other gnutella forum.

i had no idea- is the port info correct? thats all i needed at the time.

I'm not sure for other p2p programs. For gnutella reference, see jum's reply in http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=23585