p2p program

[mkillio]

I was wondering what people use for their p2p program. I used to use Limewire but there are to many junk files when searching. So I am now looking for a new one.

 

[thehulk]

Bittorrent, and uTorrent ftw.

 

[Diplo]

I'm not a big fan of P2P but when I do use it I tend to favour eMule as it's open-source, has a large network and is guaranteed spyware free. Otherwise any of the many bit-torren clients that are around will serve you well.

 

[vazel]

Peerguardian may help, it supposedly blocks many IPs that are known to upload junk.

 

[Guden Oden]

I used azureus for a long time, then it became bloated and (even more) buggy so I had to quit. utorrent turned out to be a great alternative. Know nothing about emule or such.

 

[epicstruggle]

Know nothing about emule or such.

I used to release moded versions of emule a while back(2-3 years ago). I really like the people/community behind it.

epic

 

[Gnerma]

bitTorrent (µTorrent) & ED2K (eMule) are where it's at when it comes to modern P2P. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. My advice: use both

 

[London Geezer]

eMule has everything. Really. Any kind, from full length porn videos - even the really rare and "specialistic" ones - to programs to very unknown songs and albums... everything. Well, almost. It's just a bit slow, but if that's the only way to get certain things, i dont' mind waiting. Either that or nothing after all...

At one point i was so shocked by how much stuff you can find on it, that i even searched for myself. erm...

For TV shows and stuff i use bittorrent though, much faster.

 

[Bouncing Zabaglione Bros.]

I was wondering what people use for their p2p program. I used to use Limewire but there are to many junk files when searching. So I am now looking for a new one.

You actually should be asking two questions here: which network should I be using, and which client for that network should I use?

As has already been mentioned in this thread, the two networks most worth using are Edonkey/Emule, and BitTorrent.

Now that Edonkey/Overnet is dead, it's really the Emule network, and while there are other clients, most mods and variations have been folded into the freeware Emule client itself. This is a very distributed, robust network that allows you to connect to multiple servers, direct to other clients via Kademelia, and now offers obfusication if you have troublesome ISP. While Emule can reach high speeds, it's not the speed demon that BitTorrent is, but offers a choice of some very rare and eclectic stuff that has otherwise fallen off the rest of the planet. If you can't find anything elsewhere, it will be available on Emule.

BitTorrent is the high-speed, zero-day style network. Clients can talk to each other, but they need trackers, so content can fall off the network in a matter of days, and a tracker going down can trash your download (though this has recently been improved in clients that can remember other clients even if the tracker subsequently disappears). The two best Windows clients are probably UTorrent (very small, fast, straighforward), and the more unusual BitSpirit, (looks prettier, has options up to your ears, and can do all kind of clever things).

Not strictly P2P, but it's also worth looking at binary Usenet newsgroups. If you have access to a good binary news server, or are willing to pay for a subscription, nothing can max out your bandwith (or download caps) like a local binary news server. What started out as text communication has now had binaries shoehorned into it by clunky ascii encoding to Yenc, and content is zapped all over the world to local news servers. No manditory uploads (as with most P2P networks), and mostly local traffic to keep your ISP happy (if they have a binary news server of their own). Content may only be available for a few days before being pushed off the server by new data, or if you subscribe to one of the industrial outfits like Giganews, they currently have something silly, like 90 days retention.

If you're seriously considering the old-style steam-punk of Usenet binaries, you will need a good client to do all the hard work for you, such as Newsleecher, or News Man Pro. I prefer NMP, as it runs with a MySQL backend and can handle anything you throw at it without blinking.

 

[vazel]

uTorrent is my fave P2P app.

And if your willing to pay Usenet is awesome for its fast speeds. I always max out my 10Mbps connection and no worrying about ratios. My favorite provider is Giganews ($25 a month unlimited) along with Newsleecher ($20) client. Giganews is the best in reliability, retention, and completion. If you don't know what those terms are these links will get you started on Usenet.

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php
http://www.binaries4all.com/

And for NZBs.
http://www.newzbin.com/ (this one costs 50 cents a week)
http://www.nzbsrus.com/ (free but also has a premium service)
http://binsearch.info/ (free)

Yea, you have to do some paying for Usenet but it's worth it if you want fast speeds.

 

[Skrying]

eMule and uTorrent.

uTorrent is by far the best torrent client I've used. So efficent its almost shocking, I'm always so impressed what they've been able to pack into uTorrent and it not even topple over 200KB.

I hardly use eMule except when trying to find very rare music, and sometimes it has what I want and sometimes not.

 

[Geo]

Guys, we understand that torrents and p2p isn't illegal. However, Beyond3D is proud to be a member of the gaming industry, and particularly proud of the number of professionals in that industry who choose to visit and participate at B3D.

This kind of thread is a red flag, as while the tech isn't illegal, we all know that quite a few of our industry friends and members have lost more than a few shekels to illegal uses of that tech.

It's not like there aren't other forums around, in abundance, to discuss this particular technology. Please use them for this kind of discussion instead.

Thanks. . .