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Kevnhockey September 3rd, 2004 11:47 PM

Help!
 
What does, "Your client is a leaf node shielded by an Ultrapeer, That means you will see little or no searches in the window." Mean!?

Kevnhockey September 3rd, 2004 11:53 PM

I read this, "Ultrapeer:
a non-firewalled, high-capacity servent that shields "leaf nodes" from the majority of messaging traffic. A leafnode is a node shielded traffic by an Ultrapeer. Ultrapeers typically have six connections to other ultrapeers and 75 leaf connections. " But that confuses me more... Is it cause i share 2300 + files?

murasame September 4th, 2004 02:04 AM

Basically, providing that you haven't disabled Ultrapeer capabilities in the Options, then you become an Ultrapeer when the connection says Turbo-charged. A Turbocharged connection means that you are connected to 6 other Ultrapeers. If you are connected to less than that then you are a leaf node.
As to what an Ultrapeer does, it's just as the description says: an Ultrapeer will "shield" a leaf from the majority of messaging traffic, or, in other words, will filter what messages are sent your way (in the case you are a leaf). That is because your connection to the network (Gnutella) is not as good as an Ultrapeer's and this way, you won't get overwhelmed by those obsolete (for you) messages. Sharing many files can help get a better connection because it will make sure that more people will try connect to you to dld your files, so you'll get more connections to Ultrapeers, hence a better connection status. It is, of course, not the only factor to consider.
Does that make it any clearer?


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