CPU usage
 

Well, I just tried it and so far I love everything except for it taking up 80% - 90% of my CPU usage. I'm running w2k advanced server on a 266Mhz PII with 128M ram.

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Well, I just restarted it and I find I don't love having to input my settings all over again either.
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this program also uses a lot of my cpu..... 100% when downloading or uploading. but thats about like any programs that i run so it doesnt bother me too much.
(by the way i have an amd k6-2@500mhz and 196 meg of ram, so i know that it isnt a "slow" processor)

re:
 

The only time a file sharing program ate up my comp this much was when BearShare first started hashing files.. even that was solved.

The first time I used it , it also used a lot of my processor (Win2K p3 667), up to 100% most of the time
But after a computer restart it was acceptable (?) around 30 %.
But then , when trying to dl, it gave the message "can't write", and I had to re-enter the download directorys again.
And I saw my IP twice as beeing connected to in the connections screen with port nrs 6346 and 1227 ( not really shure about the port nrs), but I disconnected from myself :p and it did not happen again.
But overall this client looks verry prommising.
Good job GodX !

Hmm...

I will talk with godX about this!

Many thanks for the reactions! :)

Morgwen

I just tried v.1.41b and it's saving my settings now, but it is still unusable as it's completely consuming my CPU.

CPU Usage
 

hi,

I'm running PEERanha on my 266 with win2k prof. but I don't have such problems!
Please test/do something for me:
- turn of BS if you run PEERanha becauz BS constantly check all directorys for new or changed files! So it will eat up >90% for reading the directory again!
- minimze the PEERanha window please! is the cpu consumption lower?? (please email me [email]*****

If you mean PEERanha blocks your system set the priority to low!

I will change a lot during the next beta's!

Thx for your support!

- godXBlue

Well, the email is on it's way.

To make a long story short for anyone following this thread; neither minimizing the window or adjusting the priority level helped.

And it is NEVER a good idea to run two gnutella servents concurrently.

You can but you have to change the port of the second client first! :)

If both are using the port 6346 you have a problem! ;)

Morgwen

True, but I find it difficult to see much benefit in that. Though I'm sure all the poor students who's admins are blocking 6346 would love me for using a different port.

just remember. gnutella is all about sharing. so you should share to anyone regardless of who they are or what there circumstances. you might feel differently if you were a student who's network administrator blocked that port dont you think?

Yes good idea!

Morgwen

Yeah Morgwen, important feature!
Choosing another port then 6346 is a great feature of Gnutella, it is much harder to get blocked if many do. Actually, I run my Gnutella on port 443 and/or 563, this allows ppl behind a SOCKS or especially behind a HTTP proxy (e.g. a simple 'squid') to download files from me. Well explanation is tricky, the squid default configuration of Linux distributions allows to tunnel connections to this destination ports.

acl SSL_ports port 443 563
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports

So, if an official host on your university runs a squid, you're fine and could download from me (assuming your Gnutella client has a buildin HTTP1.1 proxy support, Godxblue add this to the TODO list plz). Think geek!

Greets, Moak

Hehe...

Moak I have a "GOOD" advisor! ;)

Are there ports which we cannot use, because they are reserverd for other applications?

Morgwen

IP and port
 

Yes and No.

'Yes' means some ports are reserved, but 'No' means as long as no service is running on your local PC on such a port you can use those reserved ports too.

Okay, this is tricky freestyle (some will call it abuse), but using such an unused "reserved port" can fool most firewalls. Yes, still many firewalls are stupid and filter static (on ports) and not dynamic (on protocoll). Stupid may be the wrong phrase, static firewalls are cheap in CPU consumption and wide spread, dynamic firewalls with full state inspectation and application gateways are new and need more CPU. Also application gateways (e.g. HTTP proxies) can be abused, see my post above. However, using a so called "reserved port" opens possibilities! Oh - before some blocked readers at a university/school get excited: The typical high traffic from Gnutella always points back to your local LAN IP, so the admin of your local network can always track you back no matter how stupid he or the firewall is. Don't expect that downloading of GBs will remain undiscovered, grin.

GodxBlue: I suggest to add to TODO list: choose_port (manual user input or INI), force_ip (manual user input or INI), auto_force_ip (via v0.6 connect handshake), auto_choose_port (if choosen port is allready in use, scan for the next free one)

/Moak

This bug should be fixed!

Please report if this happen again!

Thank you! :)

Morgwen

CPU usage
 

I am running XP Pro on a dual 800Mhz system. Peeranha consistently consumes around 40% of both processors. I don't really mind it because it works so well.

I too have seen my own system in the active connections. At least it didn't try to download from itself :D .

CPU Power
 

hi,

please download the new PEERanha 1.41 beta! Is lower CPU-Power needed? Please send a report to me.

- godXBlue

1.4.1 Beta fails as soon as it is loaded. I get the startup screen and then it crashes.

Error
 

hi colonist,

did you got the beta from 10.02.?
please send me the text og the error dialog !
Which OS do you use?

- godXBlue

I am running Windows XP Pro.

The error message is:

PEERanha.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

AppName: peeranha.exe AppVer: 1.4.1.0 ModName: peeranha.exe
ModVer: 1.4.1.0 Offset: 0001edce

I am atttaching what the system generated.

Please let me know if it is enough to work with.

If you can see my email address, it would be much quicker to email each other than to use this forum.

Regards,

Bill

Error
 

hi,

i reupped the beta! it should work now but if the error occours a second time email the whole error dialog again!

thx
- godXBlue

I just tried the new (Feb. 10th) beta and my cpu usage is still through the roof with it.

yes, the cpu usage is still not right yet, but godxblue is working on discovering the source for this....hopefully it will be found soon and fixed..... stick around :)

Hosting myself
 

I show up twice as an active host. Once with my IP address and once as local host. This happens every few hours or so.
I am running 1.4.1 Beta.

Oops!
 

I see why I am hosting myself. I am also running BearShare and it is my BearShare's IP that is listed as a host. I'd like to have an "always exclude IP" list.

on cpu-usage
 

first i´d like to say that this is one great programm. cpu- usage is a bit puzzling: i´m running win2k 2sp on a thunderbird at 1260Mhz and peerana 1.41 at times consumes all cpu-usage and time but not continually. After starting the programm it needs about 3-6% (i guess thats ok for a p2p-client, it´s about what limewire and others need as well) but after about 3-5 min running it uses 100% which is a bit greedy. funny thing is as soon as i start to tinker with it( background/front or hide/show) cpu-usage drops. whats bs?
keep up the good work...

CPU Usage
 

Hi,

I can't find the reason why it uses such a high cpu power. Please try to figure out under which condition it uses high CPU power.
I only have an old 56k modem connection. Well, I can't test it.
Please help me!?!?!

Or does anyone sponsors a DSL connection? (*g* Only a question!)

cu
- godXBlue

Huge amount of Queries
 

I see 80% CPU usage with 100% usage spikes in PEERanha Beta 6 (with other P2P I see 40% to 50% CPU usage) on my 750Mhz AMD Duron. I have a crapper of a Cable connection (speed tests show it to be 1/3 or less of U.S. national average).

I have tweaked down the settings on PEERanha in an attempt to reduce the load on my system. I noticed there are a huge amount of Queries in the Monitor, I see about 50/Query/sec. (though it really moves to fast to get an accurate count). I was wondering if this is the normal amount for most Gnutella clients, or if this is what is contributing to the heavy processor usage.

Also with PEERanha idling (no uploads, no downloads, no searches) the CPU usage is 10% above my normal offline usage for 10 to 15sec., then spikes to 100% for 5 to 8sec. in a continual cycle.

P.S. I have tons of RAM and MemTurbo.

CPU Usage
 

Hi,

I try to speed up the Query-Routine again. Maybe there's the CPU-bug.

thx markyrwol
cu
- godXBlue

Re: CPU usage
 

If you set the number of hosts to <10, the CPU usage decreases.

Ivan
"In the dark we make a brighter light"

Re: Huge amount of Queries
 

I neglected to be specific when I said, “I have tweaked down the settings on PEERanha” they are:

• Upload_Speed ............. 5555
• Uploads_Max .................. 1
• Downloads _Max ............. 8
• Download_Speed ............ 0 (max)
• Hosts_Max ..................... 6
• Share_Maxhits ............... 20

Please don’t think I am using PEERanha to leach; I have only downloaded two things with it (an image and an MP3) (the anime I am after is perpetually busy).

Is there a place in Settings to reduce the number of Quires PEERanha will accept?