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All FAQs → File Sharing FAQ Table of Contents 1. About this FAQ (2) 2. Basic File Sharing Information (7) 2.1 Legal issues (4) 3. mIRC (1) 4. Newsgroups (13) 5. Kazaa (15) 6. eDonkey (15) 7. WinMX (6) 8. SongSpy (4) 9. eMule (13) 10. Bittorrent (15) 11. Shareaza (13) 12. DC++ / Direct Connect (1) Editors: somitho , dbmaven , swintec Last modified on 2009-11-16 01:31:38 view:Revisions 1. About this FAQ Why is this here? Who runs this FAQ? 2. Basic File Sharing Information Which P2P app is the best? What about P2P on *nix? Which File-Sharing app is the fastest? Top 5 P2P Apps without Spyware What does *REPACK*, *PROPER*, *NUKE*, etc mean? What do i do with BIN/CUE files? .BIN & .CUE simple tutorial 2.1 Legal issues Who is the RIAA? Who is the MPAA? Will they sue me? Should I disable sharing? 3. mIRC Need IRC Help? 4. Newsgroups What is Usenet? Simple guide to using Newsgroups What do I need to be able to download posts from Usenet? Do I have to pay to download from Usenet I see the term Retention mentioned How to search the posts made to Usenet? What are some newsgroups to start checking? I have downloaded all the posts for one file now what. How do I use newsreaders for downloading binaries? Par2, how does it work? Recommended newsgroup clients? What are some Usenet providers? Looking for newsgroup search engines? 5. Kazaa How do I get rid of the bitrate limit in KaZaA? Where can I download KaZaA Lite? I use Regular KaZaA. How do I get rid of the spyware? What about filters? What am I sharing? How do I clear the list of searched items? What does sig2dat do? How do I use Sig2Dat to download files? Where do I find verified files? How do I preview a partially downloaded movie or video in KaZaA/kazaalite? What is the FastTrack Accelerator? I found a skin. Should I install it? There is a download with a yellow icon next to it. What is it? What is the port for Kazaa? Where can I download Kazaa Lite? 6. eDonkey What makes eDonkey different from most P2P applications? How do I setup my eDonkey? Why does the donkey say looking when the d/l amount = the file size? What can I do when my file is ready to complete but the donkey keeps looking? When I see a server list in the .met format, what do I do Not a valid ED2K Link. What do I do? I installed the Link Fixer but some links still don’t work, how can I fix this? How do I add and connect to a server? I cant connect to any servers, what do I do? eDonkey says it can't move my download to the incoming folder, what do I do? I downloaded a .bin and .cue file, what do I do with them? How can I setup my router to work with eDonkey? How can I use eDonkey to locate files? What text commands are available for eDonkey? I can't get connected to any servers! 7. WinMX What is OpenNap? Where do I get a list of OpenNap servers? What is the difference between a primary connection and a secondary connection? Where can I get more information about WinMX? How do I stop MX from switching to the transfer window when I start a download? What can I search for? 8. SongSpy Why can't I cancel Uploads? Why can't I connect to SongSpy? Why can't I download any songs? How do I get a list of songs by other users? 9. eMule Where can I find Emule? Does eMule work with Sharereactor (ect) links? Will eMule continue my eDonkey downloads ? How do I add addresses to the adresses.dat file? My file is completed but it's smaller than the original! What are mods? I just started using eMule and nothing's happening! Priorities? What's this about sources? Is there more information about eMule here? How can I find out what my ID # is? I'm behind a router, what about ports for eMule? What does the QR: number mean? 10. Bittorrent Where can I get BitTorrent? What is Bit Torrent? How does it work? Where can I download it? Where can I find some files to download? What is BT doing when I download a file? How do I uninstall Bit Torrent? My download is slow How come nobody can download from me? Unanswered Question I get blue screens/reboots/lockups How do I make and share a torrent file? ERROR IOError - [Errno 13] Permission Denied Recommended alternative BT clients? BT and router problems? 11. Shareaza What is Shareaza and where can I get it? Why is it taking so long to hash my files? Shareaza keeps rehashing my files, why does it do this? Download is finished but Shareaza won't move it to the completed file folder? My download says Active, but isn't transferring. What gives? My download finishes, Shareaza dumps some of the file and starts to redownload? How can I connect to the BitTorrent network? How can I continue sharing the file through BitTorrent? Is Shareaza safe? If I don't allow people to browse my files, is it safer? I can't connect to Gnutella2, what's the problem? My download speed is high, but the progress bar isn't moving as fast. Why not? What to do if you can't connect to Gnutella 1 12. DC++ / Direct Connect The DC++ / Direct Connect FAQ login and you can contribute to the FAQ

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