| eDonkey and your Linksys Router can be Friends Well, maybe they can be friends.
I am NOT by any means an expert when it comes to eDonkey or routers - please keep this in mind. Maybe there is someone here who actually knows what they are doing and they can help me out here.
They say on the eDonkey website that if you're behind a router, port 4662 is what you want. So this is what I did to get my ID number up:
Find out what your IP is.
Do this by:
In Windows 98
Go to "Start"
"Run"
Type "winipcfg" (without the quotes)
Click "ok"
A box will pop up.
Click on the little down arrow and highlight "Linksys blah blah blah"
Note your IP address.
In Windows XP (someone who actually has XP feel free to clarify this) -
Go to "Start"
"Run"
Type "cmd" (without the quotes)
At the dos prompt, type "ipconfig/all" (without the quotes)
Note your IP address.
Point your web browser to this address:
»192.168.1.1/index.htm
(add this to your "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" folder for future reference)
A box will pop up asking for user name and password.
Ignore the user name space.
In the password space, type in "admin" (without the quotes) if you haven't changed the default password (which for security purposes - you really should change that!)
Click "ok"
Click on the "Advanced" tab
Click on "Forwarding"
You should now see a page that looks like this (see screenshot)
Fill in like what you see in the picture.
Click "Apply" and then "Continue"
Click on the "Port Triggering" button.
Fill in what you see in the port triggering screenshot
Click "Apply"
Now for good measure, click "Apply" again on the Forwarding page.
Restart your computer.
Start eDonkey
(Refresh Your servers while you're at it)
Go here and see if port 4662 is now open
»www.preinheimer.com/edonkey/serv···test.cgi
(hopefully - it is!! If not, check your firewall settings)
At the bottom, type "vo" (without the quotes) hit "Enter" on your keyboard. Make sure eDonkey says Door port is 4662.
If it does, check your ID now. It should be a 10 digit number and if it is, you're done.
If eDonkey says Doorport is 4661, type "port 4662" (without the quotes)
Hit "Enter" on your keyboard.
Close eDonkey and restart it. Check your ID. Hopefully now it is a 10 digit number.
If you've done all of that and you're still having issues, remember these things:
Sometimes when you're connected to a server, that server will make you have a low ID. I don't know why.
Dis-connect from that one and connect to another one.
If you happen to lose electricity at your house or for whatever reason, you have to push the reset on the the router, you will most likely need to do this again.
Check the Linksys website and/or the guide at the top of this forum for more information.
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| nice somebodee! |
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| reply to somebodeez
Port Triggering Page For some reason, my Port Triggering screenshot didn't show up so here it is.
Edit: oops! yes it did. I need to get my eyes checked.
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| reply to storm64007
Re: eDonkey and your Linksys Router can be Friends said by storm64007:
nice somebodee!
Thank you (blushing modestly) |
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 WildGodGod Is DeadPremium
join:2002-01-30
NYC
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ahhhhh now this is what we needed
i linked it to the edonkey guide 
[text was edited by author 2002-07-31 00:26:40] |
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| I hope it will help.
Can I have another star now? |
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WildGodGod Is DeadPremium
join:2002-01-30
NYC | reply to somebodeez
here u go |
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| He didnt even give ya a gold one! Wild is kinda cheap somebodee..but grab it before he tries to swipe it back from ya |
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| You guys are too much 
BTW - I noticed the number of my posts have been stuck at 651 for days - what's up with that?
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| I have a Linksys router and I did what you said but my ID is still only an 8 digit number! Why is this. I am still getting slow download speeds too  |
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| said by itsmethee:
I have a Linksys router and I did what you said but my ID is still only an 8 digit number! Why is this. I am still getting slow download speeds too
About the low ID:
Having a low ID just simply means that you can't connect to other users who also have low IDs.
I'm sorry - what I posted is about all I know about this.
The only other thing I can think of would be a firewall issue.
If you're on Windows XP - that has a firewall built into it and you might want to turn it off.
If you're behind another firewall, you need to tell it that it's ok for eDonkey can use port 4662.
About the Slow Speeds
Aside from getting your ID to a 10 digit number which would help, if you're trying to DL rare or old files, that's going to be slow going no matter what unless you get lucky and the person you're DL-ing from has a really fast upload speed. Try to download a really new, popular file (even if you really don't want it - you can always cancel it) and see what happens. |
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 GeronimoPremium
join:2002-03-03
Newark, DE
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»www.preinheimer.com/edonkey/serv···test.cgi
What will that site say if the port 4662 is open?
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| After clicking the test button, if your port is open, it will say
"success ... your id should be xxxxxxxxxx"
(x's being replaced by your actual ID number) |
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| reply to somebodeez
I was told by linksys tech you should to set your lan ip to static before forwarding ports...this right?
[text was edited by author 2002-08-04 21:59:52] |
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| said by SolidPez:
I was told by linksys tech you should to set your lan ip to static before forwarding ports...this right?
[text was edited by author 2002-08-04 21:59:52]
Like I said at the top -
I am NOT by any means an expert
They would know more about it then I.
I just posted what I did to get my eDonkey ID# up
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| ok well my id was 6 digits before and now it is 9, can I connect to more people now that it is 3 digits higher? |
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 NeO_JAWArsenal Are No1Premium
join:2002-01-24
Surrey, UK | reply to somebodeez
Cool, mine is 10 digits, look.... |
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said by SolidPez:
ok well my id was 6 digits before and now it is 9, can I connect to more people now that it is 3 digits higher?
I'm really not sure...All I know is that a 10 digit number is ideal. |
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| reply to NeO_JAW
said by NeO_JAW:
Cool, mine is 10 digits, look....
YAY! |
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| Ok I looked at the ids of some of those I was downloading from and they had really low ids, so it is confirmed that you can still connect to the low iders with a 9 digit id as well. |
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