Re: [Mldonkey-users] Running multiple instances

[MaRiUs]

Am 07.03.2004 um 19:32 schrieb Bruno Saverio Delbono:

> 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.
>
> I wouldn't suggest it as your firewall would choke trying maintain all 
> the state connections. Instead, run once instance of mldonkey on your 
> firewall, save downloaded/temp files to a nfs mounted dir on a machine 
> with diskspace and add controls (rules) so that other IP's on your 
> network (you and your buddies) can connect to the web interface. You 
> can then search and download all at the same time with only one 
> instance.

But then everyone knows about your porn-stuff... ;-)
I have the same "problem" with my flat mates. Solution: We are running 
one central mldonkey on our firewall-pc and each of us has its own 
edonkey running on our own computers, ports forwarded through NAT.
Another problem with our firewall-pc runnning different mldonkeys would 
be the CPU an RAM usage of so many instances of mldonkey. (it is 
133Mhz/64MB). The firewall itself (in my case netfilter/iptables) is no 
problem. The maximum number of connections is between 1000 and 3000. 
The 133-pentium can deal with that easily.

Marius