dropping in & out of Overnet queues

[RJ5500]

I've noticed this for a long time on Overnet and some other P2P programs as well.

One minute i'm in someone's queue, then I'm trasferring from them, and then less than a minute later *boom*, I'm back in their queue list again.

I think either the queue systems in some P2P programs needs work or there are bugs in the program.

It's like there's "priority" queueing or something and I seem to not to ever have any priority.


So, how's your experience with P2P program queues?

[hawkburn]

Well this is what happens when that problem occurs. You select to download a file, and you start downloading a file (from person A in this case) Person A is uploading to you. When person X gets on the network, who has uploaded alot of data to person A, person X gets a higher priority than you from person A. They have credits, and you don't (for person A at least, or less credits than person X)

[RJ5500]

It sounds like a flawed system to me :mellow

who has uploaded alot of data to person A

So basically, I can't win. There's no telling how much of what I'm sharing is useful to person A.

I sure never had this probem on the old Napster.

[Dark Messenger]

Well this is what happens when that problem occurs. You select to download a file, and you start downloading a file (from person A in this case) Person A is uploading to you. When person X gets on the network, who has uploaded alot of data to person A, person X gets a higher priority than you from person A. They have credits, and you don't (for person A at least, or less credits than person X)

mr. hawkburn i do hate to disagree with you..but from what i know of overnet it doesn't use the credit system..that's emule only a.f.a.i.k

if anyone cares to dispute this..please back it up with links to the documentation.

@rj5500 recalcitrant-x explained this to me very well someplace else (don't remember the thread or news section hyperlink now)

but basically he (recalcitrant-x) told me that sometimes if you download more than one file from a person at the same time..you get labeled as an 'aggressive' client and your download is halted for about 10minutes.

This could happen if you are downloading similiar files by same genre..two different files that the person has in his shares...if somehow inadvertantly you end up making two requests for files or bits, pieces, chunks from the same user (even though for two different files) this is what triggers that behaviour.

my solution is that I only download one file at a time.

btw, @hawkburn..was that information on ximati i sent you useful?

cheers not tears,

-DM :gj

[RJ5500]

mr. hawkburn i do hate to disagree with you..but from what i know of overnet it doesn't use the credit system..that's emule only a.f.a.i.k

if anyone cares to dispute this..please back it up with links to the documentation.

@rj5500 recalcitrant-x explained this to me very well someplace else (don't remember the thread or news section hyperlink now)

but basically he (recalcitrant-x) told me that sometimes if you download more than one file from a person at the same time..you get labeled as an 'aggressive' client and your download is halted for about 10minutes.

This could happen if you are downloading similiar files by same genre..two different files that the person has in his shares...if somehow inadvertantly you end up making two requests for files or bits, pieces, chunks from the same user (even though for two different files) this is what triggers that behaviour.

my solution is that I only download one file at a time.

btw, @hawkburn..was that information on ximati i sent you useful?

cheers not tears,

-DM :gj

hmmm. I'll give that some thought. I usually download about 10 things at a time.

I'll bring it down to one (from the same artist/users) and see what happens.