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« on: October 10, 2002, 03:13:28 AM »
Do download speeds increase the faster your moden speed or is it entirly dependant on the computer your downloading from?
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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2002, 09:18:05 AM »
The sad truth about Kazza is that most downloads, even if you have cable, are grotesquely slow. This is probably because

1. Most Kazza users seem to have 56K or less
2. Most Kazza users are downloading 56535 files at once
Suprise suprise, this is why EVERYONE has 'low' under participation.

Yeah, if your lucky it is possible you can get a file transfer of maybe...oh 50 KPBS. But this is pretty rare..the strangest thing is that if (well, when) you find users on Kazza with ass high bandwidth ( 250) a lot of the time the downloads will just not work, or maybe just go really slow. Who knows. My adivce would just be to mass download on Kazza. If theres a song you want, try to download it with three users. Maybe one will work.
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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2002, 10:18:44 AM »
i've downloaded things at 300k... most of the time i get a good 50 though.
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2002, 10:54:46 AM »
Its a really good day if I get a connection of 46K :(

Also does anyone know of a site with a decent internet reconnecter (I've only found Mac ones so far) and if used will a ISP be albe to pick it up.

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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2002, 10:58:26 AM »
Don't know, never needed one, my connection stays on as long as the plug is in the modem.
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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2002, 01:26:58 PM »
So you have a cable connection  :roll:

Actually now that I think of it the ISP wouldn't have any problems with it as they couldn't tell that it was automatically connecting. Now all I need to do is find one  :(

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(can you set something up in windows that does the same thing ?)
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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2002, 01:50:26 PM »
What Korn said is mainly the truth. Most users still are on 56k or less, and they will be download a billion files at once because they think that's the "best way to do it".

I remember back in the days of Napster, people would lie about their connection speed because they would think it would connect them to the server at an express rate so their downloads would complete faster. This, of course, would just confuse people because when someone came up with a "T1" line, they would really only have a 56k connection, and thus meaning the download would take much longer because of the slowness.
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2002, 02:32:18 PM »
Quote from: Chris
I remember back in the days of Napster, people would lie about their connection speed because they would think it would connect them to the server at an express rate so their downloads would complete faster. This, of course, would just confuse people because when someone came up with a "T1" line, they would really only have a 56k connection, and thus meaning the download would take much longer because of the slowness.


and people with t1's would set it as 56k or 28k so people wouldn't download from them, thats why i relied on pings

also, try going to tools-->internet options-->connections, i believe there is a 'connect automatically' feature somewhere
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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2002, 04:32:57 PM »
Quote from: Hobb
also, try going to tools-->internet options-->connections, i believe there is a 'connect automatically' feature somewhere


I couldn't find it when I had a look. All I could find was auto - deconnect and proxy connections. You couldn't eloborate a bit - A step by step guide would suit my level of techinical skills :)

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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2002, 05:17:10 PM »
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My adivce would just be to mass download on Kazza. If theres a song you want, try to download it with three users. Maybe one will work.


I do that alot. Trust me..it helps.
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« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2002, 05:48:14 PM »
try the radio button that says

"dial whenever a connection is not present"
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« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2002, 04:40:44 AM »
I did check that button and left it. But when I returned to the P.C later it was disconnected and there were no sign of an attempt to reconnect. I'll try again when I get home and watch carfully at the point of disconnection to see what happends.

Thanks and any other ideas?

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« Reply #12 on: March 01, 2003, 12:34:40 PM »
Have anyone any idea how to make more than one download from Kazaa when you have many computers connected through a switch and a hub and then into broadband... Only the first Kazaa user who logged on have been able to even connect!
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« Reply #13 on: March 03, 2003, 03:10:06 PM »
do all the computer have internet acesses? i believe you can only have one person on per user name... Fire wall issue mb
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« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2003, 03:12:26 PM »
It could also be related to the fact that the same IP address cannot connect more than one time.

You know, given that how Kazaa works. We found this out after some of their servers crapped out and the service wouldn't work and the music industries started going after them instead of Napster.
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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2003, 09:45:14 PM »
There's a few ways to keep the money grabbing ISP's from cutting your connection when they think you're idle, one way is to run this website

KeepAlive

basically, what it does is simulate web use. Personally, I found it a hassle to have to open a webpage and go to the site (even when I bookmarked it) every time I left my pc.

Another method is

Stay Alive

which I personally, thought was great although it does cost $9 (if you pay for it  :wink: )



As far as connecting 2 users to KaZaA at the same time from the same IP goes, it can be done depending on what type of connection you have (as you can spoof the IP on one machine) but you'll have to be more specific...
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