Looking to start a friend-2-friend network

**chadlightspeed89** · October 26th, 2007, 01:12 PM

http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/ is not bad, i'm going to try it out.

EzzyElliott · October 26th, 2007, 03:29 PM

Try Dargens now improved and easier than HFS.

You can create your own private network just by sharing URLs or join a large network and still download privately.

Their site says:

Privately D/L Free MP3's, Anonymous p2p file sharing network .Ideal for university. Easy & fast.
www.dargens.com

Try this swarm (a bootstrap on to the network) http://www.dargens.com/swarm/show_on...7031b8afcc3e46

Like a private tracker but you contol who you connect to so no need to trade invites.

Still beta, open source see code http://code.google.com/p/kerjodando/ .

A friend to friend network where you can download from everyone not just your friends.

Couple of draw backs (1) Uses Java (but does not seem to work for Macs or Linux and (2) It is for sharing non-copywright user created content e.g. new unsigned bands.

**Shishak** · October 26th, 2007, 09:48 PM

Go get your old beat up computer, buy a 1TB HDD and a Ethernet card. Plug your monitor and keyboard into it from your other computer and install a VPN program, then install an FTP server, plug it into your router move the monitor and keyboard back to your main computer and log into the "server" with the VPN, finish setting the FTP up and leave the box on forever. Give the FTP ip to your friends and a password, and begin the fun...thats what I do, just purchased the second 1TB HDD, should be getting here in the next day or so. Me and about 6 friends put all of our music and movies on there as we get them.

**doctor_x** · October 27th, 2007, 09:31 PM

hamachi is nice for the encryption layer - and for being able to isolate yourself from the "internet" via the lan style addressing scheme that they use... however you still need a transfer mechanism unless you plan on simply opening up MS file sharing for people.

obviously you could simply use FTP - but i've been toying around with using something like Haxial KDX (www.haxial.com) which is sort of a modern day "bbs" program with file areas, and message boards as well as private/public chat. It also includes its own encryption, so you could even forego hamachi altogether (although I would not)...

Qnext is neat in concept, but the GUI and flow of the app is total crap.. waste is pretty cool but as someone said its kind of hard for newbs to get it...

just my $.02