The greatest alternative in P2P....

[ladybunnybear]

:clap: Ares :clap:

To all the Kazaalite users that have been keeping up superlists with Kazupernodes and editing sources with K-Dat to make your download work better... I have some good news...

ARES (http://www.aresgalaxy.org/) does it all for you...

I just installed it and was reluctant to loose all the great tools from Kazaalite...

Another good news is that you can download and upload partial files... It's true that, since it is fairly new, there's less users than on the fasttrack network, but if your file is available, the download happens much faster than with KL... There's a real good looking future...

And if a member reduces his upload bandwith, he is labeled as a leech...

I don't think you can cut in line when a file is queued and you know where you are in the queue (ex: (6) 6th) No more fake participation levels: everybody equal (more or less).

Ares can be spy/adware free. Just uncheck navhelp and tool bar when you install.

The only thing that it does have that kazaalite had, is the privacy option in regards to your shared folder. When someone uploads from you, they can go into your shared folder.

Just keep yourself protected (peerguardian etc...) and you should be fine

So far, I'm very satisfied and IMPRESSED...

Thanx to NitnayLion

[NitnayLion]

Your welcome. :kisses:

[Fister]

I have used it for a while, but there are some fake philes starting to creep into the network...

[NitnayLion]

Fister I know this is old but it may interest you.

http://www.unitethecows.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3842

[rastagard]

I wish that there were more users. This is a fantastic program that has always had the potential to be the next great thing. I hope it happens. I like it and use it. It is one of my favorite search based clients.

[c0lin]

Yep, i found ARES a while ago and its all i use now :)

[Lion7718]

Yes, Ares has always been big here at UTC...good program.

[ladybunnybear]

Originally posted by ladybunnybear

And if a member reduces his upload bandwith, he is labeled as a leech...

I am quoting myself here because I have a bit more info about this:

The "downloads allowed at once" option in preferances is originally set to 0. This means that you can download as many files at once, as you would like. If this option is changed, to say something like 5, that means that you can only download 5 files at a maximum. Other downloads will say Locally paused, until one of the 5 downloads finishes. Once one is done, a new download that previously said locally paused will start. This will continue until all the downloads are complete.

The "Maximum Upload Bandwidth" option in preferances is also originally set to 0. This means that all of your upload bandwidth (amount people can download from you) can be used. When someone changes this option to something below 8KB/s most of their downloads will say Leech Paused.

Ares has done this to decrease the possibilty of having people use Ares to download tons of files, but rarely upload at a good speed. If your downloads say leech paused, make sure this option hasn't been changed and says 0 or something above 8KB/s.

ARES is getting better all the time. It is VeRy GooD for movies and popular software. The search engine still needs a little bit of improvement but there are ways around it.

Note: If you set your number of simultanous downloads and the download speed to unlimited... be prepared to share your partial files the same way...

I think this is very good and fair. It's probably one of the reasons that it works so well!
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