Suddenly Having Trouble Connecting To WPNP in WinMx - Page 2 - P2P-Zone

petriburg · 10-09-02, 11:08 PM

JS, I think my response should be .... oooops! Musta missed 'em. sorreee!

pod · 11-09-02, 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by SA_Dave
I haven't tried a recent version of WinMX yet, but I know that eDonkey-style partial file-sharing isn't supported.

Not eDonkey-style per se, nothing does that kind of partial file sharing. WinMX always downloads the file from the beginning, unlike eDonkey which grabs random blocks and so spreads the file around really fast. Partially downloaded (and download in progress) file sharing is supported in WinMX and works very well, as many users can attest to.

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Those percentages have to with with multi-source downloads eg. You're downloading 50% from User4, because he has the fastest & most reliable connection. The other users provide the other bits, but of course it doesn't matter from which user you download which part.

The percentage means exactly what one might think it means. It's how much of the file the user has. Even if all downloads have stopped and a partial file is sitting around, a percentage will still be shown. What sense would it make to put a percentage likle you describe? The value is usually not up-to-date, but gives a pretty accurate view of how much of the file a user has.

Overall WPNP users/files are not available, even FrontCode claims not to have them. The best they can do is estimate # of users based on their peer cache stats.

SA_Dave · 11-09-02, 05:02 PM

Thanks for explaining that pod! I think the last version I used (at least for actually downloading lol) was 2.1 so I was just guessing anyway.

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11-09-02, 05:02 PM	#23
SA_Dave Guardian of the Maturation Chamber Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unimatrix Zero, Area 25 Posts: 462	Thanks for explaining that pod! I think the last version I used (at least for actually downloading lol) was 2.1 so I was just guessing anyway.