P2P - Which one?

maybe its not a good idea to be listing p2p software for the Telkom spies on forum, to go hunting off to download, and then work out ways to ensure that they're blocked for use..?

just a thought.. given the oddity of a new arrival on forum with a whole 5 posts wanting forumites to list their p2p applications of choice, right during a minor flurry of activity and posts about the blocking of p2p..
call me suspicious, paranoid etc etc
 
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LoneGunman said:
I go with Vogon Poetry v3.7
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Depending on your settings a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster would help too.
 
LoneGunman said:
maybe its not a good idea to be listing p2p software for the Telkom spies on forum, to go hunting off to download, and then work out ways to ensure that they're blocked for use..?

just a thought.. given the oddity of a new arrival on forum with a whole 5 posts wanting forumites to list their p2p applications of choice, right during a minor flurry of activity and posts about the blocking of p2p..
call me suspicious, paranoid etc etc
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Man, what is happening to us? :eek:
It is actually now 6 posts.

Ok, I give you personal guarantee that I am not a spy. But assuming there may be one (a spy) amongst us (and I point no fingers) where would I go to obtain this information? Perhaps a list of the well know ones with some comments, port addresses and so on (no wait, scratch the last request). :cool:
 
LG, argument noted. But then again, Google also lists thousands of other forums with arguments for/against P2P software, so Telkom can just do what everybody else does if they want to find favourite P2P software.

Anycase, on with the show.
Personally I prefer BitTorrent. It is hybrid server/serverless (serverless support recently added so only a few clients support it, Azureus, BitComet, etc).
BT is great for HUGE files. Like ISOs and AVIs, full music albums, etc.
The beauty behind BT is it's use of cooperative distribution (see http://www.bittorrent.com/introduction.html for more info)
In short, if you don't upload, you don't download.
Best client in my experience is Azureus.

Second on the list is your various *share, Kazaa, Morpheus,eMule, DC++, etc
This bunch fits in with server-based sharing, so it suffers from one big problem. Block the server, and the program is useless. It's great for downloading small'ish files like individual mp3s, and so on.

Frankly it depends WHAT you want to download.

Note: These are my views and should not be taken as a definitive answer to the question. All arguments opposing my views will be read, processed and promptly sent of to /dev/null :D

HTH :)
 
killadoob said:
edonkey is the best

bearshare is also very good

everything else is just rubbish
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edonkey; bearshare?? can you use these when u capped?
 
Dominic Rooney said:
Nope.

I think DC++ is the only P2P program you can use when capped.
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Surely, in theory at least, you could use any p2p when you're capped as long as both peers are in SA.
 
well ive tried bitt and never downloads fasts i find edonkey is always fast and tells you if a file is bullsh^T.

morpheus kazaa limewire emule all never connect to anything
 
I get on ave 4kb/s with BT, on a dialup of all things. So yeah, no complaints here :)
 
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emule (edonkey) is the way to go

if you looking for something and you can't find it on eDonkey network, then probably it doesn't exist :-)
 
BT is great for DVD rips, TV Episodes, and pron :)

Prefer BitComet to Azureus personally, and always max out 64k ISDN at about 7,4 without overhead.
 
swordfish1 said:
emule (edonkey) is the way to go

if you looking for something and you can't find it on eDonkey network, then probably it doesn't exist :-)
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If you cant find it on Edonkey/eMule network then maybe you are looking for the wrong thing. :D

Reminds me of a pro Linux quote I heard a while back now.

If you have a problem that Linux has no solution for, then you have the wrong problem.
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:rolleyes:
 
Yes, I think e-arse is possibly the best, on ports 88378 and 151363

Another great one is ACDC+- where you hook into various Dubs on ports 3331 to 3411

And there's a new one called Byte-Trickle on ports 9944 to 10111
 
/me watches the Telkom orcs writing these names down furiously, and noting the port numbers,,
I find the best application for me is 'Androgynous GothGirl' v.18 - and if you get the right build number, all ports tend to be open to begin with.
 
you guys do realise if telkom wanted to find ports of p2p programs they would just search google lol

or download the program
 
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