G2? Ultrapeer? Cleints that do it all?

[pkirk25]

Hi all,

I'm new to all this and puzzled trying to work out what protocols are in use. Is G2 part of the Gnutella network or something else entirely?

I use Mutella. Does it support G2?

Last question - is ultrapeer apart of G2 or Gnutella?

thanks in advance.

[backmann]

G2 is a totally different network, started and formed only by Shareaza. There are some clients that were going to support it, but I don't know wether they do or not.

Ultrapeers is a different thing. Until last year, all Gnutella servers where the same. Now, there are two (or three, counting the old normal nodes) kinds: ultrapeers and ultraleaves. Ultrapeers are generally people who have a fast connection and a lot of RAM, so that people with slow connections can become ultraleaves and use as less bandwith as possible. Yes, they are part of Gnutella. There is a very ilustrative picture of how it works at limewire.com

Ivan
"In the dark we make a brighter light"

[schiz0id]

latest version of Shareaza supports the following networks: Gnutella, Gnutella2, eDonkey/emule, bitTorrent, Piolet; while not quite a universal client, it is getting there.

[pkirk25]

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