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Thanks to boinger now there is a Direct Connect Hub for this community.

As the same way you guys connect to iMacross FTP servers using an FTP client you can connect to the new iMacross Hub server usind a DC client (direct connect client).

This brings many advantages because there would be no more access problem to the server (until now very few people could connect to iMacross FTP servers at the same time and it was very difficult to actually connect to it).

a DC Hub allow virtually unlimited (thousands) users connected at the same time. and the more users there are online the more you can download, since Direct Connect works the same way as any P2P software. The difference about this is that it is a Hub for this community so that only people that like macross will connect to it (hopefully).

One single place to meet everyone on this community, chatting and sharing files.

anyway, enough talking. using a DC client is as easy as use any other P2P software so there should be no problem to get online.

the address of the Hub is imacross4.myftp.org (yeah, the same as the FTP server)

The most popular DC client can be downloaded from here: http://www.dcplusplus.com/

The client I recommend can be downloaded from here: http://gempond.com/odc/

If you want some help to install the client, look here:

http://www.b.ali.btinternet.co.uk/DCPlusPl...ingStarted.html

http://e.1asphost.com/paulgeaf/

for people using a router also look here:

http://www.portforward.com/cportsnotes/dc++/dc++setup.htm

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Am I doing something wrong? I've got logged in, and I can see boinger and Get Free, but I can't see any file lists.

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Am I doing something wrong? I've got logged in, and I can see boinger and Get Free, but I can't see any file lists.

try using passive mode.

If you are behind a router you should use passive mode.

The problem about it is that 2 users in passive mode can not connect to each other.

So, the best choise is to forward the port from your router directly to your DC client and then you can use active mode normally.

look here: http://www.portforward.com/cportsnotes/dc++/dc++setup.htm

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Am I doing something wrong?  I've got logged in, and I can see boinger and Get Free, but I can't see any file lists.

try using passive mode.

If you are behind a router you should use passive mode.

The problem about it is that 2 users in passive mode can not connect to each other.

So, the best choise is to forward the port from your router directly to your DC client and then you can use active mode normally.

look here: http://www.portforward.com/cportsnotes/dc++/dc++setup.htm

Thanks, switching to passive worked.

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imacross4 online

*****

1 kb minimum fileshare or else the direct connect hub will not be able to allow you to connect.

the more people sharing more means faster downloads

enjoy B))

Posted (edited)

it's telling me I need something to upload, but I guess I'm putting it in the wrong folder or something...please help!

EDIT: ok, I'm logged on and all...i'm still figuring this stuff out...

Edited by Lightning 06
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basically you can do 3 things.

1) Chat with users

just type in as any normal chat software

2) Download files from users

two ways to do this:

- open the search window and type in what you are looking for

- right-click on a user an select "get file list" to look at his files and folders and select what you want to download (the file list could take some time to download depending on the amount of files of the user)

3) Let users download files from you

go to the "Settings" dialog then to "sharing" and add one or more folders with the files you want to share, then set the "upload slot" field at least to "1" (that means that just one user can download from you at the same time).

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imacross4 back online

Zapped my computer off by moving some cables around my computer, so I could set up my new tv.

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I might have accidentally banned people. I was just checking off a maximum bandwidth per user thingy.

Even with cable modem, I'm only allowed 50-60 kb/s upload, so if one or two people download for a total of 60 kb/s then no one else can log on to the direct connect hub.

Can anybody find a direct connect hub script to limit download speeds? I'll look for one, so more people can log on at any one time.

Thanks!

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found a download limiter which is a different version of the dc client.

But, I accidentally permanently banned mechanmaniac when all I wanted to do was adjust the download sped. I can't find the log file for the banned list for neomodus v2 dc hub. Any ideas?

I need to get some sleep now because of working nights.

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I'm having quite the problem uploading.

Running either passive or active mode, this thing seems to only send information upstream in bursts, reaching peak levels up to 24 kbps, normally settling in 10 kbps for a couple of seconds(max 5) then hugging ground zero for a minute or two or five.

Downloading seems normal, though it goes slow, average 3 or 2 kpbs.

Any idea about that?

Posted (edited)

I guess I must have done something right because mechanmaniac is now un banned.

I'm not sure why upload and download speeds are so inconstant.

I could try switching direct connect clients to allow more people to connect, but at slower speeds. I going to try these 2 dc clients next weekend: dc++.673 or

bcdc++ .673a

For now, I'm just going to let the dc hub run for a couple of days before I switch dc clients. Try searching on the hub for files you'd like, since it's not just me file sharing anymore.

***********

To connect:

need direct connect client

imacross4.myftp.org

log on name: macrossworld name

no password needed

- try active or passive downloading

*** minimum 1kb fileshare or the direct connect hub will not allow you to log on***

Edited by boinger
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Can anybody find a direct connect hub script to limit download speeds?
I know a couple of programs that let you limit your incomming and outgoing bandwidth for a specific program.

they are called Bandwidth managers:

DU Meter: http://www.dumeter.com/

DUSuperControler: http://www.freedownloads.be/downloaddetail/384

I'm kinda lost. But people can download from you too right?
yes, people can download from you if you are sharing something of course.

that's the idea of a Hub, users can download from everyone else, not only from one single server.

And about download and upload speed, those speed have the same behavior of any other P2P software, they are erratic sometimes (eMule, Kazaa, WinMX, etc..) because Direct Connect is a P2P software too. DLs and ULs speed depends on the bandwidth of both the users that is sending the file and the users that is receiving the file.

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I'm kinda lost. But people can download from you too right?
yes, people can download from you if you are sharing something of course.

that's the idea of a Hub, users can download from everyone else, not only from one single server.

Coolies. Thanks :)

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don´t know why but i can´t connect in the active mode (i am using sygate firewall and i checked the program to allowed connection). that´s bad because most of the users are passive mode, and passiveXpassive can´t connect to each other. is there any other client that doesnt have this kind of problem??? (i´m using oDC)

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imacross 4 back online

no ip software quit working last night, so the direct connect hub stopped working properly.

Posted

imacross 4 online

Somehow I got disconnected from my own hub. I wonder if Shaw cable modem resets my connection every once in a while.

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imacross 4 online

Somehow I got disconnected from my own hub. I wonder if Shaw cable modem resets my connection every once in a while.

Don't quote me on this, but it sure looks that way.

I get the same problem (I'm with Shaw Cable too). Sometimes, I have to reboot to reconnect back online. :wacko:

Posted

imacross4 back online

I was trying out the du super controller software for bandwidth control and when I saw it wasn't what I wanted I uninstalled it and it momentarily bumped me off of the internet.

Posted (edited)

imacross 4 online

akt_m

I haven't downloaded Macross ost III or sdf macross Irjima Mari Song Memory yet.

router, port forwarding and active connection for direct connect

here and here

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