braindancer

first of all, nice to see a peerguardian plug-in the problem i'm having is this: i have a download running, and every 90 seconds it disconnects for no apparent reason. i checked the logs and it seems that it is trying to initiate another download of the same file: <snip> Client: [Outgoing][10.0.0.2] $ADCGET file TTH/[hash of file] Client: [incoming][10.0.0.2] $ADCSND file tth/[hash of file] </snip> 90 seconds later <snip> Client: [Outgoing][10.0.0.2] $ADCGET file TTH/[hash of file] Client: [incoming][10.0.0.2] X/?4u+$<J=k </snip> *poof* disconnect. i also noticed that the [C] tag is not showing on my progress bar, so i assume the file is not being downloaded in chunks. if so, why? and how to force chunkage? and how to set chunk size? regards, braindancer -edit- the other client is a dcgui/valknut 0.3.8

according to http://www.dslreports.com/faq/dc , valknut is the only client supporting $chunk. some digging found me this description: If you see $Supports CHUNK. You may use an extended $Get command $Get filename$start-position$chunk-size Currently supported by DCGUI.u obviously valknut inherited the feature. my log shows that apexdc requests files via adcget, so where is the difference between get and adcget? also, what is the difference between chunks and segments? both seem to have to do with multi-user download / swarmload and lastly, while searching the forums for info regarding this topic, i came across an image of a settings window which had the category 'segments' in the advanced section, my client doesnt show that. is it a mod? where do i get it?

ok, this topic can be closed. ejs1920, the main valknut developer established that it is a bug in valknut. see http://dcgui.berlios.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3540 for reference he also provided a valknut patch to remove this bug. the patch is currently being tested and may be implemented in valknut 0.3.9. thanks for your input. regards, braindancer

thanks for the answers so far. now i still would like to now - where do i get that 'segements' category in the options i described above (too bad i didnt save the image...) i would really like to set options like chunk size and the like. - how is it that when a valknut downloads from me, i see both the [C] and [Z] tags, but if i download from them, i see neither?

so we did some testing, and it appears that the adcget implementation of valknut is at fault. on an initial request, apexdc sends the headers i listed above, and then the initial adcget command. valknut understands that and responds adcsend. then after an arbitrary amount of time (i guess after a chunk/segment is done), apexdc issues a second adcget, this time completely without headers. since i am fairly new to apex, i can only guess that this is a 'next chunk/segment' or 'continuation' request. but valknut seems not to understand this 'headerless request' and responds with garbage, causing a disconnect. apex does not have a problem with those 'headerless requests' i will contact the valknut people about this, will post back here.

can't atm, since i'm in a vpn and i have the only windows box some piece of hardware in this box is unstable, and until that's fixed, it's no use even trying to run a sourcebased distro on it. what i was wondering is, why the second $adcget? to download a second segment at the same time? on another note: another user was able to download from me without any problems, [Z] and [C] worked. he was using valknut too. so i guess it's that second $adcget that's doing no good. regards, braindancer -edit- having the exact same problem when downloading from a different valknut. i noticed that before the second $adcget the client does not issue the $lock extendedprotocol[addmorehere] if it'd help, i can provide bigger log snips, so someone who Knows What He Is Doing can compare the requests. -editedit- we may be able to test this with another win client. a friend just offered to run a vmware -yet another edit- on closer inspection... the initial file request has a header like this: <snip> $mynick [local nick] $mynick [remote nick] $lock [local, value] $lock [remote, value] $supports [local, value] $direction [local, value] $key [local, value] $supports [remote, value] $direction [remote, value] $key [remote, value] >$adcget file tth/[hash] <$adcsnd tth/[hash] </snip> download starts. 90 secs later, without any header at all, my client issues $adcget file tth/[hash] to which valknut responds with apparent garbage [incoming][10.0.0.2] JNKIQ3