Re: [Mldonkey-users] Running multiple instances

[Ken Bradshaw]

address@hidden wrote:
> is it possible to run multiple instances of mldonkey (in different
> directories) on the same machine, configuring each to use different ports?
> We are 4 people living together and want to run mldonkey 4 times on our
> Debian router/firewall. One instance for each one of us.

It works quite well, in theory.

In practice, mldonkey has problems limiting its upload so you may run 
into problems if you are on an ADSL with only 128 kbit upload, giving ~ 
3 kbytes/s per people for 4 people. You will have to invest in bandwidth 
management or discipline yourselves to keep a low number of downloaded 
files at the same time. It works nicely with emule, with mods limiting 
automatically the upload depending on the ping. If you go over ~ 13.5 
kbytes/s uplaod, your ADSL link will choke and downloads will stall.

What works better is to all share the same mldonkey running on the 
server. I known 3 people using it this way (3 flats sharing one ADSL 
connection).