Thread: P2P program question...

I use Ares, but I suppose this applies to any one of those programs. What is going on when the status of the file you are trying to transfer is "connecting?" Right now my program is showing that it has found a bunch of users for said file, but it's been "connecting" for quite a while now. Would restarting Ares help?

Edit: I just answered my own question by restarting it, and it does help. But still, what's going on when it's connecting for like a ridiculous amount of time to no avail?

I always wondered that too, but when mine got stuck connecting I'd normally just cancel and find another copy to DL

It means that Ares found a source for the file, but is unable to establish a connection to it. That user may have gone offline or turned off Ares. Ares holds on to the address of the source, hoping that it will come back on at some point. It may also be looking for alternative sources, but I'm not sure.

It means you need to get your butt off Limewire and get a torrent application.


www.utorrent.com has the best one available at the moment.
The Pirate Bay and Mininova are the two best places to find torrents. (Private sites are better, but harder to find and require membership).

Seriously, get rid of Ares, Limewire, Kazaa, eDonkey or whatever the heck else you're using--decentralized are better in virtually every way.

I'm using Ares. How are those better? I do like using torrents, but sometimes I find it more difficult to locate what I want.

I've heard that the people that deal with pirate'd music have put a few 'fake' downloads on the torrents things, to bust people who download them. Not only that, but I've dealt with torrents before and disliked the system. I'll be sticking with Ares.