Swapgate Beta 1.6

[sharedholder]

Not only with Swapgate you can get that speed , that's depend of what type of connection you have and more.Swapgate can't have nothing special to transform a 56k user in to dsl user.

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by sharedholder@3 February 2004 - 23:28
Not only with Swapgate you can get that speed , that's depend of what type of connection you have and more.Swapgate can't have nothing special to transform a 56k user in to dsl user.

True, but you rarely see such speeds with Kazaa...

[sharedholder]

Who says that i'm using Kazaa :sneaky1: Bittorent, Blubster, eMule, Overnet Lite, are better than Kazaa & Swapgate.

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by sharedholder@3 February 2004 - 23:36
Who says that i'm using Kazaa :sneaky1: Bittorent, Blubster, eMule, Overnet Lite, are better than Kazaa & Swapgate.

No one said you were, but then I ask you, have you tried SwapGate sharedholder?

[sharedholder]

No, and i don't have any intetion to try it because i have two important reasons : first its still beta, second i don't like p2p proggies that work with servers.

[thewizeard]

Ok, could you explain the difference to me between, let's say emule and one of those you mentioned?

In the end I do like to get my files as fast as possible....

Edit: i mean the difference between the networks....

[Benno]

Originally posted by sharedholder@3 February 2004 - 23:55
No, and i don't have any intetion to try it because i have two important reasons : first its still beta, second i don't like p2p proggies that work with servers.

AFAIK emule and overnet use servers as well?
and bittorent has trackers, a kind of server too..

[asmithz]

Originally posted by sharedholder@3 February 2004 - 15:28
Not only with Swapgate you can get that speed , that's depend of what type of connection you have and more.Swapgate can't have nothing special to transform a 56k user in to dsl user.

It is 56k friendly tho, since once the download starts you wont get bumped

[-Huize-]

With swapgate and as all other opennap clients , transfers never go trough a server but are between users. Think of the server as the market place where all people gather to show off their stuff ( fileheaders). Once u find a match, and commence a transfer it goes outside of the server.

Speeds vary on your connection, and the upload speed of the user u are getting the file from.

File types that are allowed can vary per network u log on to. Most networks allow everything, other networks are specifix to a file. This is stated in either the server name, the network name or the message of the day of that server.

Cause of the servers there are lesser chances of running into leeches, as most servers boot them. And if they are still there ( like some one sharing, but not allowing uploads) u can always message a moderator or above to get rid of that leech.

And because of the server nature of the network there is a active development and progress is blocking files that never should be online, or exist in the first place, like child porn.

The part of all networks not being linked together makes the community divers and different then most p2p apps. U can actually join a chatroom and have a decent conversation, without getting bitched at for being a newbie/n00b etc.

[uNz[i]]

Originally posted by MUSLEMAN@2 February 2004 - 21:55
roflmao, people don't seem too friendly on there.

and where is the privacy patch?? i can't leave my files for riaa to view 

or did i miss it??

What makes you say the folks aren't friendly?
I've been constantly stunned at how open and helpful everyone I've encountered in chat has been to me since I started testing SwapGate.
Every person I've talked to has been only too pleased to answer all of my n00bish questions... unlike some of the arrogant people I've seen on this board...

If you guys really want to know what SG is like, just download it and try it yourself.
Why can't you do just that little thing? Are you afraid you might like it?


Okay, you want a users impressions before taking the plunge? Right then...

The layout is simple and intuitive. I felt quite comfortable using SG from the word go.
Any user of IRC will see a marked similarity in the chat window and some of the channel /commands are identical.

I'm only on dialup, so I can't say whether it'll give you blinding speeds. But I can report that downloads usually start immediatly, and I very rarely get queued for more than 5 minutes. A single source will download at a solid 4-6K/s over my creaky lil modem, which is more than I can say for most of the other p2p apps I've tried.

As for the kinds of files, well, that can depend on what servers and networks you connect to. Some offer music, others have movies.. there are also channels where anything goes, with the exception of pr0n. (if you want that, use the fasttrack network) I've seen shared folders with apps, games, roms... allsorts.

Even though SwapGate's still in beta, It's stable on a win2000/XP system... and I haven't had a single problem since it went public ...actually tbh, I had very few problems while it was still in the private beta stages too.

So what I suggest is that you...

TRY IT. IT WON"T KILL YOU.

...damn... I feel like a parent trying to get a bratty kid to eat brussel sprouts ffs.

Oh yeah, and you can block any IP in Program Options>Privacy Options.