Run eMule and use that script (gratitudes for TheDonkeyNetwork) to check your configuration. If you are sure that your settings are good and you should have a high ID, connect to another server. You can also receive a low ID when the server to which you are connected is overloaded and can not response properly or just configured improperly. If it is impossible to get the high ID, it is better to connect to servers with smaller number of users, because they have more free resources to serve all those requests than the bigger ones, usually overloaded. Data transfer runs normally from client to client. The ID issue matters only by information exchange between clients. This may lead to smaller number of credits and worse transfer. On overloaded servers may happen that the queries go missing and eMule loses important information about queue progression or download requests.

It causes smaller number of sources where you can download data from. Two clients with low ID can not connect to each other because it is impossible to route queries between two different servers. Lugdunum Servers limit the number of users with low ID or ban them totally (refuse connection). It causes big load of the server, limiting the number of such users that the server must handle. The computer IP on which eMule is running is unknown and because of that all queries such as for queue or connection demand must be routed by the server to which the clients is connected. Low ID does not mean, that file downloading or uploading is impossible, but has some disadvantages:

It can be caused by a firewall, router or proxy server.

Low ID means, that this port is blocked and nobody outside can not connect to you.

High ID means, that the port in Options -> Connection (default 4662) is open and directly available. You can find out the status of your ID by icons in bottom right corner of eMule window. The ID aim is determining a proper communication between two clients.Īfter connecting the ID is visible in the Log: It is assigned by the server when eMule is connected to it. ID is a value counted from the client's IP number.

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