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[pieroboy]

hi and thanks for the great job you did with xtreme mod: i use it for several month and it's really rock!! german teams are amazing on this point (and for servers too )

but.....since i upgrade to 4.8.2, my upload is still great (52 Ko/s) but, for reason i don't understand, my download is stucked at 1-2 kb/s ....(instead of the 200 KB i used to...)
all my ports are opened, and i did'nt change anything in my config....
i scanned for spyware/trojan/virus with no result...

The point is that i see it negociate connexions, but most of them are blocked to 0kB, and then the client is lost....
it's like xtreme mods were blacklisted!
and, when i see my verbose/anti leech log, i get several "xtreme failed download ban"....

i don't know what to do anymore...
please help me or advise if it's a known issue with 4.8.2 (i know 3 other people using 4.8.2, in the same case, and we're all CLUB ISP, the T-ONLINE french ISP)

[Xman]

please check out your firewall-settings... at some firewalls you have to apply your permissions to the new emule.exe

[pieroboy]

thanks
but as incredible as it seems, i don't use any firewall, not even the KROSOFT one....i never had any problem...untill this one!
my only firewall is hardware (modem hitachi/tecom), and i fix ports rights for emule
here's what i typically get:



the 0KB/s ones stay in this state for, say , about a minute, and is dead (killed?)
any idea?

[Xman]

hmmm.. suspicious... I didn't change anything in 4.8.2 which could cause this problem. Which was the last Xtreme-version where the problem didn't occur ?

And one more question: are this clients with the failed downloadsessions normal (/official) clients or any mods ? (e.g. nickname [KOR]pruna)

[pieroboy]

thanks to wondering my problem!

the last 4.8.1 was quite rocksolid and flawless!
but i can't find it anywhere for download....it again!

for the client type, all 0.47a seems to be problematic, 0.46c some not and others ok!
i can't really see " a rule" related to nickname... so many!!!!

[Xman]

you can download the 4.8.1 version at www.xtreme-mod.net at the download-section.
It would be the best you try out the last version to verify that this behaviour is releated to xtreme 4.8.2. (simply replace the emule.exe)

[pieroboy]

thanks, i'll give it a try ASAP !!!
stay tuned....

[EpsiLon]

Hey dudes,
I've just downloaded 4.8.2, and I now have this really weird prob..
My NAV2005 asks for my "Permit" ALL THE TIME!
I've clicked the damn OK button at least a 100 times, even on the NAV's "Internet Worm Protection" on the programs list, eMule Xtreme appears, yet it won't stop asking for my damn permission.
Anyone has an idea?

[pieroboy]

guess what?
reverting to 4.8.1 fix all my DL issue!
i can't figure why....but it works!

[Demonskull]

Hi guys!

First of all, excuse me for using English, but my German is less than basic

I've been using Xtreme mod for around 1 month and I think it's quite good. There are a few features I like over other mods. Good job!

However, I've detected something in the credit system that I think it could be improved. As you explain in your website, there's a bonus system exclusive of Xtreme; this bonus can take a negative value under the conditions you specify:

"a client can get a negative bonus of 0,1(0,2) if you gave him more than 1(2) chunk(s) (9,28MB) this session and also at complete comparsion of download/upload without geting something back"

The fact is that I've found quite a few clients with statistics like this:

Downloaded this session (from me): 250Kb
Total downloaded (from me): 34.5Mb
Total uploaded (to me): 1.2Mb

I was in his queue asking for one of his files and I was advancing quite slowly. I don't know you, but I would call him a leecher. However, when I checked his bonus it was +0.0!!!! and the b...d was downloading!!!

I checked your source file ClientCredits.cpp and found this:

float CClientCredits::GetScoreRatio(const CUpDownClient* client)
{
(.......)
// Cache value
const uint64 downloadTotal = GetDownloadedTotal();
// Check if this client has any credit (sent >1MB)
const float difference2=(float)client->GetTransferredUp() - client->GetTransferredDown();
if(downloadTotal < 1000000) <--------------------------------------------------- Why????
{
if ( difference2 > (2*PENALTY_UPSIZE))
m_bonusfaktor=(-0.2f);
else if (difference2 > PENALTY_UPSIZE)
m_bonusfaktor=(-0.1f);
else
m_bonusfaktor=0;

return (1.0f + m_bonusfaktor);
}

(....)

difference=abs(difference);
if (difference> (2*PENALTY_UPSIZE) && difference2 > (2*PENALTY_UPSIZE)) <----------- Why AND and not OR
m_bonusfaktor=(-0.2f);
else if (difference>PENALTY_UPSIZE && difference2 > PENALTY_UPSIZE) <----------- Why AND and not OR

(...)

Well, I know very little of eMule features and even less of your code, but I think that the lines I've remaked could have something to do with the problem I described before. Is there any special reason for them to be like that? Could they be changed to prevent that problem?

I would welcome very gratefully your reply on this subject.

Thanks for your mod!!!

DemonSkull

[Demonskull]

Zitat von EpsiLon

Hey dudes,
I've just downloaded 4.8.2, and I now have this really weird prob..
My NAV2005 asks for my "Permit" ALL THE TIME!
I've clicked the damn OK button at least a 100 times, even on the NAV's "Internet Worm Protection" on the programs list, eMule Xtreme appears, yet it won't stop asking for my damn permission.
Anyone has an idea?

Hi Epsilon,

I had the same problem when I installed Xtreme in my girlfriend's PC and I managed to fix it. I can't remember exactly how I did it, as I've got a different firewall and it was some time ago. However, I think that what I did was to remove emule.exe from the list of programs managed by the firewall. Then, when I tried next to run emule.exe, the firewall asked me what to do, but only once!! then everything went smooth. Give it a try.

DemonSkull

[pieroboy]

Zitat von pieroboy

thanks to wondering my problem!

the last 4.8.1 was quite rocksolid and flawless!
but i can't find it anywhere for download....it again!

for the client type, all 0.47a seems to be problematic, 0.46c some not and others ok!
i can't really see " a rule" related to nickname... so many!!!!

hi everybody
i switched to 4.8.1, and sadly problem is back, and seem to deal with antileech thing...

here's what i typically get from leechers's log:

"05/02/2006 02:55:29: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'http://emule-project.net' (eMule v0.46c,None/None/None)
05/02/2006 03:05:21: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'http://emule-project.net' (eMule v0.46c,None/None/None)
05/02/2006 03:06:45: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'Julie {rPotUAI}' (eMule v0.46c [iONiX v4.4],None/OnUploadQueue/None)
05/02/2006 03:09:34: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'Li()Network.Net eMule v5.3' (eMule v0.46a [L!()Netw0rk eMule 5.3],None/OnUploadQueue/None)
05/02/2006 03:10:51: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'http://emule-project.net' (eMule v0.46c,None/OnUploadQueue/None)
05/02/2006 03:13:50: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ (shareaza.com)' (eMule Compat v2.2.1,None/OnUploadQueue/None)
05/02/2006 03:15:36: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'Lord' (eMule v0.46b,None/OnUploadQueue/None)
05/02/2006 03:16:38: XTREME Failed-Download-Ban: Client ***** 'moimoimoiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa' (eMule v0.47a,None/Uploading/None)


each xtreme failure result in many download sessions killed, and despite my +1000 sources (that i usually manage with no hurts) my DL never exceed 10 KB/s...quite boring!
and my ratio tend to 14:1, that's making me just a supernode for UL...


[edit by Pathfinder: Client IP-adresses have to be removed from log-postings]

[Xman]

@pieroboy
I don't have any idea what's going wrong at you. Most important is: the upload must be stable (white or yellow graph-line). If it is stable the only thing I can imagine is, that your provider is filtering out some packets. Try out the official emule if it works for you.

@Demonskull

if(downloadTotal < 1000000) <--------------------------------------------------- Why????

this client doesn't have any credits... I have to check this for choosing the correct calculation methode.

difference=abs(difference);
if (difference> (2*PENALTY_UPSIZE) && difference2 > (2*PENALTY_UPSIZE)) <----------- Why AND and not OR
m_bonusfaktor=(-0.2f);
else if (difference>PENALTY_UPSIZE && difference2 > PENALTY_UPSIZE) <----------- Why AND and not OR

this is important to not be unfair in any way.
Example1: the other client uploaded me 1 GB. I don't want to give it a negative score after giving back one chunk
Example2: One month ago I uploaded to this client 1 GB (maybe I released a file).. I don't want to punish this client! The negative bonusfactor should only be session-based.

@Epsilon:
you have to disable "Internet Worm Protection"

[Demonskull]

Hi Xman,

I understand your position, although I'm not yet sure if I share it, I have to think about it.

The thing is that my download rarely goes over 10kbs (being the mean value around 5kbs), while my upload is always around 30kbs, so I'm a litle bit upset. I'm trying to find the reason for that U/D asymmetry.

You mentioned the possibility of the ISP filtering some packets. Is that a common practise? can it be avoided somehow?

Thanx for your help and your prompt reply!!

DemonSkull

[Xman]

coding a creditsystem, you always should care of that it won't become a trading system.

I know only some german ISP which thottles p2p traffic... but there are also non german ISPs. You can look at a emule board of your country to find that out... or have a look at emule-project.net

PS: in some cases it's enough to change the emule ports.