How to get a High ID? Update 14. June 2008
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:27 pm
Hi!
Having a Low ID does always mean, that the needed ports in your hardware firewall and/or softwarefirewall are not opened for eMule and/or those needed ports are not forwarded in your hardware router (if you use one) to the IP of the computer, where your eMule is installed. Remember: You need a fixed IP at your eMule PC.
So please read the chapter about DHCP (DHCP does not work with eMule) and fixed IP addresses and the chapter about forwarding ports in the handbook of your router. The two pages paper, which came with your router are not the handbook, the handbook is about 150 pages and is probably a pdf - file on the CD, which came with the router. You must forward one port for TCP and one port for UDP. You can choose these port numbers (64000 >= port number >= 3000) by yourself (example 12345 for TCP and 12355 for UDP), the difference between both values should be at least 10. The port numbers, you forward and/or open must be the same, you did choose in eMule "Options", "Connections".
Do not choose the standard numbers 4662 for TCP and 4672 for UDP, as some internet providers try to reduce traffic at these ports
Clients with Low ID have to suffer from several disadvantages:
1.
They get punished by all eMule credit/rating systems.
2.
When a client with Low ID has climbed my waiting queue to Rank 1, it can not get an upload slot in advance, because no eMule can inititate an upload to a Low ID client. The Low ID client has to initiate the download by itsself. So the Low ID client has to wait until 25 minutes for this upload slot. When a client asks more often then every 25 minutes, it gets banned by all eMules.
When a client with High ID has climbed my waiting queue to Rank 1, my eMule is able to upload in advance to this High ID client, as it can route to the IP-address of an eMule with High ID.
So consider, to configure your network for High ID.
I will help, when you have a problem with the firewall.
Having a Low ID does always mean, that the needed ports in your hardware firewall and/or softwarefirewall are not opened for eMule and/or those needed ports are not forwarded in your hardware router (if you use one) to the IP of the computer, where your eMule is installed. Remember: You need a fixed IP at your eMule PC.
So please read the chapter about DHCP (DHCP does not work with eMule) and fixed IP addresses and the chapter about forwarding ports in the handbook of your router. The two pages paper, which came with your router are not the handbook, the handbook is about 150 pages and is probably a pdf - file on the CD, which came with the router. You must forward one port for TCP and one port for UDP. You can choose these port numbers (64000 >= port number >= 3000) by yourself (example 12345 for TCP and 12355 for UDP), the difference between both values should be at least 10. The port numbers, you forward and/or open must be the same, you did choose in eMule "Options", "Connections".
Do not choose the standard numbers 4662 for TCP and 4672 for UDP, as some internet providers try to reduce traffic at these ports
Clients with Low ID have to suffer from several disadvantages:
1.
They get punished by all eMule credit/rating systems.
2.
When a client with Low ID has climbed my waiting queue to Rank 1, it can not get an upload slot in advance, because no eMule can inititate an upload to a Low ID client. The Low ID client has to initiate the download by itsself. So the Low ID client has to wait until 25 minutes for this upload slot. When a client asks more often then every 25 minutes, it gets banned by all eMules.
When a client with High ID has climbed my waiting queue to Rank 1, my eMule is able to upload in advance to this High ID client, as it can route to the IP-address of an eMule with High ID.
So consider, to configure your network for High ID.
I will help, when you have a problem with the firewall.