Originally posted by Seagull
The emule protocol only allows a client to connect only to one server at a time.
However, requests for sources are sent to all the servers in the list periodically.
Thanks for the quick reply.
Interesting. How does mldonkey connect to four servers like this?
> version
MLNet 2.8.1: Multi-Network p2p client (Global Shares Gnutella G2 FileTP BitTorrent Donkey (SUI))
> vm
--- Connected to 4 servers on the Donkey network ---
[Donkey 13] 62.241.53.16:4242 DonkeyServer No2
Netherlands/NL Users:1000298 Files:160284715 State:Connected
[Donkey 16] 62.241.53.2:4242 DonkeyServer No1
Netherlands/NL Users:539853 Files:77341782 State:Connected
[Donkey 31] 62.241.53.17:4242 DonkeyServer No3
Netherlands/NL Users:194942 Files:26876419 State:Connected
[Donkey 512] 84.167.207.220:63696
Germany/DE Users:0 Files:0 State:Connecting
--- Connected to 0 servers on the G2 network ---
Those are all eDonkey servers.