Shareaza Plus Setup Guide

[Auggie2k]

I use Shareaza Plus all the time and it has never once steered me wrong and recently I made a little email for a chap I know and I thought sharing it won't do any harm. It's a great program to have for those single MP3's or rarities so here's a guide to set it up sweetly.

1) Download Shareaza Plus

Using this link, download the latest version of Shareaza Plus and install it. It's pretty easy to install, just keep clicking next.

http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/shareazaplus/ShareazaPlus_2.3.0.0i.exe

2) Add Exceptions to the Firewall

Go to Control Panel > Windows Firewall > Exceptions > Add Program > Add the Shareaza.exe program to the list.

3) Add Ports to the Firewall

Staying in the same section, click on Add Port and add the port number 6346 under TCP and then again under UDD (If you have a router, refer to http://www.portforward.com/ and select your current router, then "Shareaza" as the program to help you set up port forwarding.

4) Name your ports for clarification

Call these ports simply "Shareaza UDP" and "Shareaza TCP" just for recognition in the near future.

5) Configure your Network Settings

Launch the Shareaza program and in the settings section (Tools > Shareaza Settings) do the following...

- In the Gnutella settings, make sure Leaf to Hub is set at 3, Hub to Leaf is at 300 and Hub to Hub is at 6.

- In Downloads, change the max transfers to 100 and change the max transfers per file to around 30.

- In eDonkey2000, change the Client Link Connections to about 250 - 500. Depends on your connection really.

In BitTorrent, make sure you Client Connection is about 30-40. This also depends on your connection (I don't suggest BT with Shareaza Plus)

6) The XP Connection Limit

If you have Windows XP SP2, there is a connection limit that Microsoft added due to many possibilities of worms ect.

Yes, SP2 does cause problems with Shareza and all P2P programs because the number of half open connections is only limited to 10. Use this patch here and change it to 100 (recommended) or your desired number. But remember, too many open connections can cause worms to spread very fast. I recommend actually above 100, about 200-300 because you can connect to many quick sources.

Click this link, download the patch and run it. - http://www.zeropaid.com/bbs/attachment.php?attachmentid=12106&d=1134410575

7) Select the Networks to connect to

Now in the program itself, under Network > Choose Networks, select all three of them to get the best results whilst searching. Also I suggest you switch to power mode for the next step.

8) Connect and Query your Servers and Hubs

Press F8 and double click as many servers you wish to connect to. A good 5-10 is all you need. Press F9 and Right Click > Query as many of these as you also wish, the more the better for your results.

9) And your rolling!

That's pretty much it Click the search button and start looking for music. If you have any problems at all, just let me know.

[Aval0n]

Brilliant :D
Though the f8 thing won't work till you have already used it before hand :)

[Spyder810]

do you have to restart after patching with lvllord.de patch?

nevermind, found my answer

[kokanezub]

i set my connection to 1000 i mean my sp1 was good unlimted and i had no worms ..im good like this got all kind of protection

[Auggie2k]

i set my connection to 1000 i mean my sp1 was good unlimted and i had no worms ..im good like this got all kind of protection
It doesn't really matter what you set it to as long as you have a decent security setup (jasus just a router will do) Sure before XP the limit was endless so 1000 seems a bit small you reckon? Think about it,

[Aval0n]

Lol? Bitdefender doesnt allow me to use that file lol

[boogiedan]

top notch Auggie
wonderfull mate

raise the praise
jesus lives

[Gnutella2Tester]

I use Shareaza Plus all the time and it has never once steered me wrong and recently I made a little email for a chap I know and I thought sharing it won't do any harm. It's a great program to have for those single MP3's or rarities so here's a guide to set it up sweetly.

No harm? heh i guess you really do not understand it, setting Leaf to Hub to 3 is already nothing less than HARM. 2 is enough because G2 use UDP for search from your side and receive search result. TCP is basically used for receive Search, send out Search result, get more Node IPs from neighbours (too many of connection can cause BIG bandwidth waste with EXCHANGE and may cause your HOSTCASHE to lose management of searched node and non-searched node.)

only G1 have effect of meny neighbour = more result. but not G2.

[Auggie2k]

I'm just putting a guide up here mate, not an expert in this program.

[Gnutella2Tester]

I'm just putting a guide up here mate, not an expert in this program.

Ah, ok so some Noobs not even knowing it properly put some Wrong info as a Guide?

[Auggie2k]

Excuse you, who do you think you are? I made up this guide from information on a different site so don't go trying to start something when I already explained I didn't detail this. Do you think that maybe, just maybe the originator of this guide might of typo-ed the 2 as a 3, ever think of that? And I'm no bloody noob. And I also quoted this...

If you have any problems at all, just let me know.

Do you SEE anyone posting here with problems?

[Gnutella2Tester]

Excuse you, who do you think you are? I made up this guide from information on a different site so don't go trying to start something when I already explained I didn't detail this. Do you think that maybe, just maybe the originator of this guide might of typo-ed the 2 as a 3, ever think of that? And I'm no bloody noob. And I also quoted this...



Do you SEE anyone posting here with problems?

I know it quite good because im doing some Coding on "Shareaza" core code, not ShareazaPlus, and i know that if every one start do connect to 3 neighbour, there are a lot of Performance down on entire network, specially RouteCacue are easy to gets Filled on Hubs and will cause Download From PUSH nodes.

the setting for 3 is only there for very very unstable network, but not for every one.

[jimmy73]

I followed all the directions on this guide...and i still cant get shareaza to connect. having the same problem with ares,limewire and everything else i have tried except bearshare. any ideas?

[Auggie2k]

I followed all the directions on this guide...and i still cant get shareaza to connect. having the same problem with ares,limewire and everything else i have tried except bearshare. any ideas?
I suggest you take this to another thread, a new one. Sounds like your firewalled.

[ale5000]

Shareaza Plus is a copy of a old alpha version of Shareaza with some settings changed although they have changed the version to 2.3.0.0 and if I remember correctly it is no longer updated.

[Gnutella2Tester]

it is some version around between 2.1.0.0 to 2.2.0.0, TTH bug would be there too. plus known as network killer.

[siriusproperly]

Shareazaplus is much faster (so far) than is Shareaza. i have spent much time reading about and attempting to implement Shareaza tweaks with abysmal results. frustrated i installed Bearshare, very impressed with the speed, however, as is my practice i install all unknown (to me) sorftware on a frozen snapshot before it sees light on my system snapshot(only good if the soft does not require a reboot). one of my security softs (Prev2) indicated a file in Bearshare-webstats.dat is malware. i trust this soft and beta-tested it for a stretch, and know it be pretty reliable with a low false positve tendency. but i googled the file name anyway, the conclusion i drew that it is infact malware. but i allowed Prevx2 to run it under Probation, rather than Jail it and initiate a clean-up (bravery borne of my frozen test snapshot). after around a day of testing, i decided to install it onto my System Snapshot and Jail and clean out the infected file. Bearshare ran fine without webstats.dat, speeds were good and i thought i had found my P2P app. but after observing the upload monitor, to my surprise, i saw Bearshare attempting to upload files from folders i had NOT granted permission for. even though it was not actually uploading the files (it would flash 'authorizing' on and off) it should not IMO should even have been able to see these folders/files. i reverted to an archieved snapshot i created in case things went sideways, and Bearshare went away. Bearshare will never see the light of day on my boxes.

side-note, i posted my experience on a Bearshare forum and interestingly enough, no one engaged, challenged, corroborated my finding of malware/snoopware in their app. also worthy of mention, my HIPS/FW program (Online Armor) gave me a pop-up that Bearshare wanted to use svchost.exe, which i stupidly allowed. probably how it was able to see non-permissioned folders. my guess is tha it used svchost to escalate it's privledges.

in any case i was close to resolving myself to the fact that emule is/was the best P2P solution for me, when i decided to give Shareazaplus one more shot and i spent the time to set it up as per this guide, and it is 4-5 times faster than regular Shareaza, which again i put in the time to configure based on guides and tutorials, and i even replaced tcpip.sys (which i reverted out of and have not reinstalled for Shareazaplus).

in this long winded explanation, what i am attempting to say, while i have no expertise in P2P execution and core functionality, Shareazaplus in spite of guru disapproval is meeting and exceeding my expectations so far. old code-new code i cannot ask for anything more than that.


siriusproperly

[Gnutella2Tester]

Shareazaplus is much faster (so far) than is Shareaza. i have spent much time reading about and attempting to implement Shareaza tweaks with abysmal results. frustrated i installed Bearshare, very impressed with the speed, however, as is my practice i install all unknown (to me) sorftware on a frozen snapshot before it sees light on my system snapshot(only good if the soft does not require a reboot). one of my security softs (Prev2) indicated a file in Bearshare-webstats.dat is malware. i trust this soft and beta-tested it for a stretch, and know it be pretty reliable with a low false positve tendency. but i googled the file name anyway, the conclusion i drew that it is infact malware. but i allowed Prevx2 to run it under Probation, rather than Jail it and initiate a clean-up (bravery borne of my frozen test snapshot). after around a day of testing, i decided to install it onto my System Snapshot and Jail and clean out the infected file. Bearshare ran fine without webstats.dat, speeds were good and i thought i had found my P2P app. but after observing the upload monitor, to my surprise, i saw Bearshare attempting to upload files from folders i had NOT granted permission for. even though it was not actually uploading the files (it would flash 'authorizing' on and off) it should not IMO should even have been able to see these folders/files. i reverted to an archieved snapshot i created in case things went sideways, and Bearshare went away. Bearshare will never see the light of day on my boxes.

side-note, i posted my experience on a Bearshare forum and interestingly enough, no one engaged, challenged, corroborated my finding of malware/snoopware in their app. also worthy of mention, my HIPS/FW program (Online Armor) gave me a pop-up that Bearshare wanted to use svchost.exe, which i stupidly allowed. probably how it was able to see non-permissioned folders. my guess is tha it used svchost to escalate it's privledges.

in any case i was close to resolving myself to the fact that emule is/was the best P2P solution for me, when i decided to give Shareazaplus one more shot and i spent the time to set it up as per this guide, and it is 4-5 times faster than regular Shareaza, which again i put in the time to configure based on guides and tutorials, and i even replaced tcpip.sys (which i reverted out of and have not reinstalled for Shareazaplus).

in this long winded explanation, what i am attempting to say, while i have no expertise in P2P execution and core functionality, Shareazaplus in spite of guru disapproval is meeting and exceeding my expectations so far. old code-new code i cannot ask for anything more than that.


siriusproperly


give me the version number you have installed. if it is something like "2.3.0.0i" then it is bad version. lol

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