A List of File Sharing Networks

January 02, 08 by sharky   2,062  views  

A list of P2P Networks and Clients

A P2P Network is a network consisting of other connected users, implemented for file sharing and transfers. To access a P2P network, users simply download and install a suitable P2P client application. P2P clients require a network to connect to, in order to join all of the users to each other that are using the same client (or other network-compatible clients). A common example would be Limewire - when you run the Limewire program, it connects to the Gnutella network. It is through the Gnutella network that all Limewire users are connected and thus all available files and searching. It would be fair to say that the network is actually more important than the client program - remove the network and the client has nothing to connect to.

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Getting Started with P2P Programs

November 25, 07 by admin   1,513  views  

Users require just two things: An Internet connection and P2P client software to connect you to the P2P network(s). This is a little easier than BitTorrent in terms of difficulty - as there are no necessary websites to visit or external files to download. Here’s a list of some of the available programs and which network(s) they run on:

Limewire v4.14 Gnutella network.
BearShare Lite 5.2.5.1 Gnutella & G2 network.
Shareaza v2.3.1 Connect to the Gnutella, Gnutella 2 and eDonkey2000 (eD2K) networks.
eMule v0.48a Connects to the eDonkey2000 (eD2K) and KAD networks.
TruxShare v3.8.0 Connects to the Gnutella (G1) and Gnutella2 (G2) networks.
KCeasy v0.18 Connects to the Ares, Gnutella and OpenFT/giFT networks.
Ares Galaxy v.2.0.9.30 Connects to the Ares network.
Blubster 2.69 (Free) Connects to the MP2P/Manolito network.
Zultrax P2P v4.17 (Free) Connects to the ZEPP/Gnutella networks.
Soulseek v157 Connects to its own network.

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