Hi all you eDonkey users out there,
I'm a Forum Admin for the dutch eDonkey. Reading about your low ID I decided to post some info and possible solutions for you.
Regarding your low ID in eDonkey:
What a Low ID is:
A Low ID is given to the client by the server because for one reason or another, the client is not accepting incomming connections. In general, the order of information for most software on the internet is for the client computer (yours) to connect to another computer, request information, receive it, then close that connection. However, on eDonkey other clients will connect to you, to request information from you (seemingly backwards). The server you are connected to will help out, and facilitate connections between a Low ID user and a High ID user, but, two Low ID clients can not communicate. This means that many possible file sources are not available to those with Low IDs.
Possible solutions:
1. Software Firewall
If you are running software like Norton Personal Firewall, Tiny Firewall, Zone Alarm, BlackIce or any other personal firewall software, you may need to set it up to allow eDonkey to function correctly. In order to function fully and receive a High ID, your firewall needs to allow eDonkey to run as a server. Allowing communications to be started from other clients to your machine. You may need to consult the documentation that came with the firewall to perform this step. Alternatively, with some more advanced firewalls, or firewall settings you will need to open ports 4661 and 4662 TCP for both incoming and out going connections, as well as port 4665 UDP for both incoming and outgoing connections.
2. Hardware firewall
Setting up your hardware firewall is a tad more difficult, but if you have one chances are you know what your doing. You will need to set it to allow both incoming and outgoing connections on 4661 & 4662 TCP and port 4665 UDP.
3. Routers & Gateways
If you have tried all of the above steps, and are still receiving a low id, and are running a router or a gateway, set it up to forward the applicable ports directly to the machine running eDonkey.
4. Proxies
Though less common than Firewalls, Routers or Gateways, in terms of causing problems, some internet service providers require you to connect to the internet through a proxy. The proxy information should be available from your Internet Service Provider, though if you are required to use one, chances are you allready have all the information you need. Take a look in your web browser (IE -> tools, internet options, connections, lan settings, Netscape -> edit, advanced, proxies), there should be a wealth of information available there, namely the address, and port of the proxy. By default, a proxy on port 1080 is either socks4 or socks5, while HTTPS proxies exist on either 8000 or 8080.
Hope this will help to get you a high ID.
And regarding the fact that some files won't finish. Just pause and restart the download. Usually it will finish within seconds.
Another thing about connecting to a server, or having trouble connecting to a server. You could use a additional program called
Auto-Updater (version 3 from OBC Maurice is out). This program will connect to an up to date serverlist, and implement it into your own server.bat. Another thing you could try is
Overnet. This is a serverless version from eDonkey developers. It's not full grown, but more people are using it, and in the end it will replace the donkey.
GreetzZz, LIQUIDATOR
