Overnet 0.52 is great

**Dark Messenger** · January 4th, 2004, 09:30 PM

hi at the request of recalcitrant-X i gave emule a try...after trying it (eMule0.41a10) i then switched out the executable with the one in eMulePlus-1i.Binary...using this setup i got results...then after some more reading..specifically in a 6page thread by hawkburn..my interest and curiousity was peaked in something known as overnet and edonkey(hybrid client).

I've tried this program before (it's been a while) i think i was on cable at the time...and it must've been due to IGNORANCE on my part as I was not able to get it to work well for me.

However..quite sometime later (a year? months) I've tried it again remembering in part the words of Vipp from another forum praising the glorious virtues of the mule/donkey network...so i figured if a billion chinese people eat rice..it must be good...so if so many rabid filesharer's professed its proficiency it must too be worth trying to figure it out again.

So I downloaded Overnet 0.52 and applied 'teh crack' (no link for it)

and got myself and Overnet Pro 0.52 version which seems to put me ahead in all the queues..downloads and uploads start almost instanteneously..connection to the network usually occurs in a few seconds..and i'm on dialup.

I'm able to utilise my FULL Bandwidth..both UP and DOWN (even on dialup) I've seen my upload bandwidth as high as 5.6kb/s when not downloading..this I thought was an unbelieveable feat..but i checked the speeds in DUmeter and it's REALLY that hi.

I'm very impressed with this client.

If you try it here are my tips.

If you use win98 and install the crack (provided you can find it of course...) install it to your plug-ins directory.

When I started the client for the first time with crack in place I got the error message 'Overnet has caused invalid...yadyayadyada in crack.dll'

Just keep closing the error dialogs (should have 6or7 of these if on win98..don't know about ME or higher versions of the Window's os)

Overnet will then open and you will be presented with the option to unlock the pro version...enter ANY username and pass and it will now be registered and give you access to the front of the line..similiar to the way people who paid for this behaviour in SoulSeek get preferencial treatment in queues..now u get it too! only for free and for overnet.

When you do a search...choose items with the most sources (just like in KaZaA..the more sources..the faster the download..overnet multisources very well)

Speed is comparable to Fasttrack with kaZaA for dialup connection..which means if dialup is the best you have..then yes it will be fast for you..particuliarly on music/mp3 downloads.

Download items that are colored black that means they have the most sources..i've found items with as few as 4 sources starting relatively fast for me.

But I recommend sources greater than 70..although 40-50 works..the more the merrier..but since using this client as of yesterday..i've yet to see a download fail to start.

Thank-you, Magic-Genie for all your helpful tips and advise..and before I forget a screenshot (don't laugh..that's fast for dialup)

**Dark Messenger** · January 4th, 2004, 09:34 PM

hmmm last screenshot didn't go through..let's try it again, shall we?

**Dark Messenger** · January 4th, 2004, 09:36 PM

p.s. I transferred almost 26mb in an hour and a half...dialup..UPLOAding!

**RecalcitrantX** · January 4th, 2004, 10:32 PM

Overnet is awesome. I don't even bother with the hybrid client--I use pure Overnet. Overnet sources are of much higher quality than ed2k sources, imo. Frankly I stick with Overnet and dedicate all my upload speed to Overnet as well, since it gives me the most. I've done tests before where I've tried downloading something with eMule and had 300 sources, all of which were horrendously queued. Then I ran Overnet and downloaded the same file. Although I'd find only 150 sources, I'd start downloading from 10 of them almost instantly. I think eMule's credit system along with its many mods which allow for community strings (eg, Italians with "ITA" in their nicknames giving each other queue priority) make it much more difficult to download from eMule. In this sense, I think Overnet's closed source nature may help it from being burdened with mod clients.

Too all skeptics and/or eMule users: give Overnet a try! The quality of the sources and speed with which you'll download will win you over very quickly.

**RecalcitrantX** · January 4th, 2004, 10:34 PM

One more thing, Dark Messenger. I would only search the network manually as a last resort. It's best to use dedicated link sites, such as www.sharereactor.com.

**hawkburn** · January 4th, 2004, 10:54 PM

I'm very pleased others are finding out the secrets. I think Overnet is just a better network. I've gotten speeds downloading to 90KBps (max of 150 KBps) but thats amazing considering theres only two other programs that have givin me that speed. My upload is always maxed @ 26, though it somehow allows enough bw when I need it to surf and function.

I don't use the "cracked" version... I used to use the ad version until I saw "Overnet Lite" on Slyck... installed that... it just doesnt have ads... it seems to have been taken down though... and I can't find the site.

**RJ5500** · January 4th, 2004, 11:19 PM

I have to say that I am truely impressed by just pure Overnet 0.52. Forget eMule/eDonkey/Shareaza. I've been trying Kazaa, WinMX, IRC, and eMule all day for particular large files and none of them could deliver.

Sure, I found the files every now and then, but there were either massive queues or a long chain of "more sources needed"/"Remotely queued".

The speeds I get on overnet are great.

**RecalcitrantX** · January 4th, 2004, 11:20 PM

A few months ago I just went ahead and registered Overnet. Sure, some will laugh. But for a program that has given me so much and that I have used for so long, I didn't mind paying a few $ to get a lifetime registration.

hawkburn, I'd run a virus scanner on that "Overnet Lite". I think the post got taken down off Sylck because it had a dialer. But I could be wrong...

**RJ5500** · January 4th, 2004, 11:33 PM

I block some ip ranges in my firewall and it seems to get rid of the ads.

They are the IP ranges Agent Smith include in his "clean" versions of KMD. It seems P2P companies use the same companies for ads.

"The page cannot be displayed" is music to my ears :)

**Killawat** · January 4th, 2004, 11:45 PM

me and overnet arn't good friends. It was aight on the modem days.

**thongsai** · January 5th, 2004, 12:11 AM

yea overnet is good. i wish shareaza would connect to it.. how do u guys put it in pure overnet mode?

**DainBramaged** · January 5th, 2004, 12:17 AM

I would still go with the hybrid. Yes, overnet is great. But if you have the option of opening up ALL those ed2k sources, you might as well do it.

It has come a long way. The addition of the Horde downloading system is, in my opinion, only beneficial. Since the release of .52 (or maybe 1 or 2 vers earlier), you really can't beat hybrid/overnet DL speeds--and thus completion time--unless you have a fuckton of credits stored with eMule.

Kademlia is interesting though. I think it'll go places.

**RJ5500** · January 5th, 2004, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by thongsai

yea overnet is good. i wish shareaza would connect to it.. how do u guys put it in pure overnet mode?

Just download the Overnet 0.52 client at

http://download.overnet.com/overnet0.52.exe

and you're set to go (after some configuration, of course).

**nickpdx** · January 5th, 2004, 05:38 PM

i just recently started using overnet - havent ever used emule/edonkey or anything and i love it! especially with sharereactor, the fastest ive ever seen on it is 140k/sec on 2 750mb .bins from one game, guess i had a good uploader :P right now im uploading at 19k/sec and downloading at 29 which isnt too bad. :)