AMule is slow

2004-11-18T21:20:31Z

62.252.64.18: it's -> its

== [[aMule]] is slow ==

So [[aMule]] is slow? This can be due to:

*[[#Your fault|Your fault]]
*[[#The network's fault|The network's fault]]

== Your fault ==

This is a list of issues which can be the reason for slow download speeds:

*A low value in "Preferences"->"Download limit"
*Having [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_LowID_and_HighID?|Low ID]]
*Some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISP ISP]s block or limit connections to the standard [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k]] [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#Which_ports_do_I_have_to_configure_in_a_firewall_or_router_to_run_aMule?|ports]]. Try changing the port in "Preferences"->"Connections" to some other values.

== The network's fault ==

We're sorry to tell you that sometimes, the low speeds aren't due to a bad [[aMule]] code or a bad configuration, but due to other facts. This is a list:

*The [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k]] is a slow network. In some other [[P2P]] networks you can easily download faster. The [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k]] network is one of the fastest [[P2P]] networks existing, but its main goal is availability. While on other popular networks you'll be able to download very fast, you'll quickly find out that in the [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k]] netowrk there are millions of files you'll be unable to find in any other network.
*[[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_all_that_credits,_rate_and_score_stuff_about?|Credits]]. If you are running [[aMule]] for the first time or if you deleted some files in the ''~/.aMule'' directory, you'll have no [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_all_that_credits,_rate_and_score_stuff_about?|credits]]. [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_all_that_credits,_rate_and_score_stuff_about?|Credits]] grant fast downloads. If you don't know what they are, read [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_all_that_credits,_rate_and_score_stuff_about?|this]].
*The file's availability. Rare files, old files, extremly new files... this kind of files have very few [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_a_source?|source]]s, so it takes quite some time for [[aMule]] ot connect to some other [[client]] shareing it.

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