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[Mars_Comet]

Hello, I recently installed teh Amule with no complications, however, I'm getting "Low ID" when i  start the program, so my download speed is usually close to none.

Reading the Faqs and with the help of portforward.com I opened the 4662 port in both my computer and my router, I restarted my computer, and I keep getting Low-ID.

Is there anything I forgot to do in order to avoid this?

Thanks for your replies, I hope you can help me.  

[lionel77]

Maybe this is helpful:

You need to forward the ports that aMule uses in your router. Take a look at http://portforward.com/routers.htm, that page has detailed step-by-step instructions for pretty much every router on the market.

aMule uses three ports (see Preferences->Connection) that need to be forwarded:

• a client TCP port
• a client UDP port (this is the above port +3)
• and an eMule extended UDP port

Also, if you are running any firewall software (e.g., OS X's built-in firewall, which you can control via System Preferences->Sharing->Firewall) on your computer, you need to open the above ports there as well.

You can use the connection tester to check whether the client TCP port can be reached from the outside, that is, whether it is forwarded properly in your router and not blocked by any firewall software.

Good luck. :)

[Mars_Comet]

Ok, I opened 3 different ports:

TCP 4662
UDP 4672
UDP 4665

my Mac firewall is offline, and my router says these ports are opened, but i STill get this message from the port test:

Error: TCP port 4662 is unavailable. Make sure your firewall or router is allowing/forwarding this TCP service port and your ED2K client is running (i.e. aMule, eMule).

Detailed Error Message
TCP Error 111 Connection refused

My aMule is running, so I don't really know what to do now...

[wuischke]

Opening the ports is not sufficient, you have to forward them to you local IP as well. See portforward.com for more information.

[phoenix]

Lionel, is there an UPnP enabled version of aMule for Mac? Would be interesting to test it in a different platform.

[Mars_Comet]

Yes, I opened the ports via portforward.com, So i Guess i am forwarding them too. there is no step-by-step with the Amule application, so I used the Default Guide about my router.

I did exactly what the guide said, opening and forarding the 3 ports. And it is still not working.

what else can I do?

[lionel77]

Originally posted by phoenix
Lionel, is there an UPnP enabled version of aMule for Mac? Would be interesting to test it in a different platform.

Yes there is -- I'm running r7010 on my machine as we speak. Problem is, that version suffers from the issues that I posted recently on the testing forum: the shuffled category icons & labels in the preferences and the absence of graphs on the statistics page. So I'm not sure I feel comfortable releasing that version into the wild.

[wuischke]

Well, there's a local Mac OS X firewall as well, but it is usually disabled.

[Mars_Comet]

Yeah, My Mac Os firewall is disabled.

[wuischke]

OK, then I know only one way:

Delete all port forwarding, delete the static IP for your Mac.
Reset the static IP and re-forward the ports.

This usually helps...usually...

[Mars_Comet]

Ok, can you tell me how to delete my static IP? Also won't it affect other things on my mac?

[wuischke]

Well, delete is the wrong word: Set it to another ip address or activate dhcp and then reset it to your old ip. My wrong.

[phoenix]

Originally posted by lionel77

Originally posted by phoenix
Lionel, is there an UPnP enabled version of aMule for Mac? Would be interesting to test it in a different platform.

Yes there is -- I'm running r7010 on my machine as we speak. Problem is, that version suffers from the issues that I posted recently on the testing forum: the shuffled category icons & labels in the preferences and the absence of graphs on the statistics page. So I'm not sure I feel comfortable releasing that version into the wild.

KEN HELP!

(maybe he has super-hearing )

[tinkerbellarulz]

Hi
just been reading through these posts and im having the same problem only i've just done the connection  test and its saying 4662 is availible but im still getting low id, i've disabled the firewall on my computer and the bt home hub but its still saying low id, even limewire and frostwire are saying firewall up, i've gone into bt hub manager and added emule to the games and sharing applications, is emule the same ports as amule? because amule wasn't on the list.
been trying to sort this out for over a month now! its driving me crazy. any ideas ?

[Ambrose]

Dear Mars Comet,

Although they aren't supposed to (at least in the US), some ISPs block or throttle down certain ports to discourage p2p users. (See http://www.amule.org/wiki/index.php/Extended_client_UDP_port).

If this is the cause of your trouble, you can avoid such ISP interference by selecting port numbers other than the defaults. (I use 5992 and 5995, for example.) They can be changed in Preferences --> Connection.

Whatever numbers you choose, be sure they are not reserved for other connections you currently use or may wish to use in the future. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers)

And, of course, don't forget to change your firewall and router settings to accomodate your new settings.

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To tinkerbellarulez:

Yes, eMule and aMule use the same default ports. Limewire, FrostWire and Bearshare use different ones as their defaults: 6346 and 6347. You might wish to try the same suggestion I offered to Mars Comet above for both applications.

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To both:

Other than the reason I mentioned at the beginning, I can't come up with any other causes, unless there's something you don't know about (such as your ISP putting you behind a proxy server). It sounds as though you have performed all the necessary tests and tweaks to get aMule up and running with a High ID.

Best of luck.