Shareaza - The Best P2P Client

imcool · 10-05-2005, 04:17 PM

This article was first featured on my blog at http://www.cyberia.in

To start off, i'd like to mention the networks it supports - gnutella, gnutella2, edonkey2000, mesh, morpheus, bitorrent. They're probably five of the best p2p networks today, and shareaza searches and downloads from any of them. The pros about shareaza -

1. Free, Open Source, and No Ads
2. Supports all major networks, so no need to use multiple clients
3. Neat interface with good media player.
4. Low Memory Usage - My experience with limewire was bad since it used about 30 mb of memory, but shareaza, despite a good looking interface takes about 20 mb.
5. Has a torrent search feature as well, what more can you ask for.

The only bad point i've noticed in shareaza is that it takes some time to connect to the network, I'm using a 128 kbps dsl connection, and it took about 5 minutes to connect but after that, it was running at top speed.

geek_rohit · 10-05-2005, 04:41 PM

I too use shareaza, and I must say I had a very good experience with it. The interface is nice. I normally get good speeds. It does not take too long to connect to the network for me.

[lokesh] · 10-05-2005, 09:46 PM

Hmm...i think i should try using shareaza. You are saying it's good only for P2P ?? or is it even good for torrents like the clients azureus and ABC are ?

rollcage · 11-05-2005, 03:21 AM

I use Ares P2P.

But.....
every1 seems to be happy with Shareaza.. i should try it.

& Does it not have spywares

imcool · 11-05-2005, 08:46 AM

ares and emula are quite good also, but i like shareaza becoz of many networks, and a good interface. Shareaza is open source freeware, so no ads

vysakh · 11-05-2005, 10:28 AM

i am not able to connect shareaza to edonkey2000
even if i click connect, it shows only disconnected. no signs of connecting
anyone having such probs ?

geek_rohit · 11-05-2005, 10:43 AM

Goto tools then Quick Start Wizard. Now complete the wizard, then it will ask to download a file to refresh the server list, download it then it will connect to eDonkey. I too had this problem but after downloading the file I'm able to connect to eDonkey.

devilhead_satish · 11-05-2005, 11:07 AM

Limewire. What about that. I use it. And it gives me speeds which no other P2P client gave me.

Delpiero · 11-05-2005, 12:51 PM

Shareaza is damn slow. The thing i like about is that it shows huge results. Use ARES it's the fastest P2P S/W.

Charley · 11-05-2005, 12:55 PM

Shareaza doesnt connect on my PC . I dont know why. It just stays idle. I am happy with kazaa lite.

atool · 11-05-2005, 01:27 PM

ares lite is very good...very stable...easy on system and no spy/adware

imcool · 11-05-2005, 01:57 PM

i've used limewire too, free and pro, but shareaza has more networks, and i'm on 128 kbps dsl which shareaza always uses more than 90% of. The trick with p2p is to download a lot of files (because it's normally slow) at once. And yes, shareaza does have some initial connection problems. Because i don't have my pc now and am using an 'antique' omnibook 900, limewire used to take more memory and made the system slow. right now i have shareaza in background and i don't notice, but with limewire, i was'nt able to even see my typing instantly.

vysakh · 11-05-2005, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek_rohit

Goto tools then Quick Start Wizard. Now complete the wizard, then it will ask to download a file to refresh the server list, download it then it will connect to eDonkey. I too had this problem but after downloading the file I'm able to connect to eDonkey.

it didnt ask to download any file

navjotjsingh · 11-05-2005, 05:03 PM

One more vote for Shareaza............

pakkasir · 11-05-2005, 11:26 PM

I don't know, but on my 512 kbps speed. Shareaza still takes 3 mins. to connect!! I use Warez p2p (along with ZAP 5.5 to prevent any malicious backtracking). The name's describes it all. I strongly suggest you guys give it a try. Only 2.75 MB and still has an inbuilt MP3, video player...etc

PS: I downloaded 10 Linkin Park videos(each around 40 MB) in 36 mins flat. & boy am i Happy!!

rollcage · 12-05-2005, 02:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delpiero

Use ARES it's the fastest P2P S/W.

Yes i agree with him. downloads are fast in Ares. It does not carry virus or adware. on the other hand the Kaazalite shows results, but the downloads are dam slow. sometimes the files are also currupt, & i did get virus alerts, thanks to Norton it removed those. since then i stop using Kazaalite.
Ares is gr8.

Charley · 13-05-2005, 12:56 PM

But when I was installing Ares it stopped half way through the installation.

rollcage · 15-05-2005, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by achacko@dataone.in

But when I was installing Ares it stopped half way through the installation.

may be the file is currupt
download from this link http://aresgalaxy.org/download.html

navjotjsingh · 16-05-2005, 01:31 AM

Go to http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/p...x?id=453073603

What Computer Associates is doing? Which part of World do they live in. Shareaza is spyware free and not a spyware.

Also I recently found that their website changed from www.shareaza.com to http://shareaza.sourceforge.net/

ax3 · 16-05-2005, 11:47 AM

HAS it been given in any of digit cds ???

imcool · 16-05-2005, 08:01 PM

the article at ca is dated aug 2004, so it may be an older version. Shareaz was not open source then

geek_rohit · 16-05-2005, 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ax3

HAS it been given in any of digit cds ???

Yes Shareaza has been given in one of the previous issues of diGit.

rohanbee · 19-05-2005, 05:26 PM

What about Bit Torrent. I heard people say its quite good. Excellent file search on its networks. Im using Limewire Pro at the moment and am quite happy, but its networks don't seem that many/large.

Charley · 20-05-2005, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rohanbee

What about Bit Torrent. I heard people say its quite good. Excellent file search on its networks.

It is esp if u wanna get music albums..............

sahil_blues · 20-05-2005, 02:35 PM

This is why I JUST HATE SHAREAZA:-

Downloads get stuck and don't get resumed for a looooonnng time.

Speed of downloads is just AWFUL. My max speed is 80KB/sec, what shareaza gives me is 10KB/sec on avg, and thats not because of sources. Each file has more than 500 sources.

I can't connect to Gnutella 1 and Gnutella 2 networks simuntaneously.

If I connect to edonkey network (to get more search results), I end up uploading 3-4 times more than i download.

So guys take my word for it....Shareaza S U C K S !!

krisjr · 20-05-2005, 10:19 PM

i use kaazalite for mp3s basically and some small softwares.no videos.is shareza giving good results and download speeds when downloading videos and big softwares is concerned.let me know guys.

sahil_blues · 21-05-2005, 02:10 AM

Shareaza gives good search results no doubt but for that you need to be connected to the edonkey network too.....and as I've written edonkey makes you upload a hell lot of stuff...as far as BIG downloads are concerned, I had started 4 downloads sizing about 2 GB each and now all are stuck at 600-700 MB for sometime now.

....this really leaves you in a helpless situation

Charley · 21-05-2005, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krisjr

i use kaazalite for mp3s basically and some small softwares.no videos.is shareza giving good results and download speeds when downloading videos and big softwares is concerned.let me know guys.

Me too used kazaalite for mp3's, but Bitorrent downloads the entire albums.

HOWZAAT