Since the existence of the Internet and the use of computers, the practice of downloading and uploading files is a daily thing. And it is that getting hold of multimedia content, apps, games and files, is what, in part, keeps us connected with other people and places around the world, because through these we can interact with other cultures, experiences and exchange information about all.
Although we can download files and practically anything from the Internet manually and directly, there are also various programs and applications for computers that facilitate this task, and one of the best and best known is eMule, one with which we can manage and start downloading and uploading one or more files. And due to what eMule is so versatile and one of the most complete of its kind, we talk about it below.
Although today the download of content has dropped drastically around the world due to the rise of streaming platforms for both music and games, series, movies and entertainment content in general, among which are Netflix, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime, Spotify and many others, is still a very common practice, especially for downloading large files.
In this post we will teach you how to how to configure eMule on computers and laptops with Windows 10 operating system. Before going to it, we must talk about eMule, what it is and what it is for.
What is eMule and what is it for?
eMule is an application or program that is available for Windows 10 computers, although it is also available for that OS in previous versions. This platform works as a P2P exchange program. This means that it serves as a database for hosting files and content of all kinds for quick and easy downloading, but it does not function as a specific server as such. In a way, users upload and provide content to eMule so that the exchange between them basically arises.
It was launched in 2002, being one of the first P2P download and exchange management programs for computers with Windows OS. However, it was not always called that; it was previously known as eDonkey.
It is open source. This means that it can be modified and improved by any person and developer with the necessary knowledge. Therefore, it usually receives various updates and modifications on a constant basis. It is also worth mentioning that It's free, so you don't have to shell out any amount of money to download it.
How to download eMule?
There are many ways to download eMule, as it is available in numerous versions on download sites for apps and programs for Windows computers. However, the most recommended option is to download it through its official website, and for this you must follow the following instructions:
- Press on this link. It will take you directly to the official eMule website.
- Then you will find a button Download, which is located in the menu on the left side of the main interface. After that, you have to download the installer, which is highly recommended. Later a new window will open and the download will start automatically. The exe file weighs just over 3 MB, it is worth noting.
- Once the exe installation file has been downloaded, you have to run it. Click on it and the Windows installation program will recognize it and start the installation. Before going to it, Windows will ask us if we want to allow the application of its editor to make changes to the device (computer), to which we must say yes and then continue.
- Once the installation program has started, a window will appear in which you have to choose the language of the program. There are several available; of course, Spanish and English are not conspicuous by their absence, among many others. We choose the one of our preference and click on OK.
- The rest is to give Next Click on the window that follows the language window, and then click on Accept to eMule's terms of use and license.
- There is also a window in which it asks you to select the components; there you must select both, both Program files as Capture eD2K links. Here it tells you that it needs little more than 10 MB of space on the computer.
- After that, the next window shows an option asking how to share and configure eMule; here you have to select User specific and then click on Next.
- The next window gives you the option to install the program in the site of your choice. There you have to choose the one that you like the most or click on next. The installation process takes a couple of seconds and then you can choose to have a shortcut automatically created on your computer desktop.
- Finally, you have to click on End, and there the installation process ends; With this last step, you already have eMule installed on your Windows 10 computer.
- When you run the program for the first time, Windows may warn you that it blocked some of its features and functions, since it will identify it as suspicious. Obviously, we will ignore the warning and make it not block it, by clicking on Allow access.
How to configure eMule in Windows 10?
The following indications and tips that we give you below will help you get the most out of eMule. Although this program has default settings, which are those that are configured by default from the moment of installation, they somewhat limit the user experience of eMule, and this can be affected a bit in the speed of downloading and file transfer .
Now, when we run eMule for the first time, a window appears, which is the application's configuration wizard. Through this, we can make numerous adjustments, according to our needs, preferences and tastes. Through this, we can make our username and activate the automatic start option whenever the computer is turned on and automatic connection at startup (this is something we leave at your discretion, whether to activate it or not). Then follow the instructions below:
- In the window of Ports and connectionsYou will find default values in the TCP and UDP sections. It is better to leave them as is.
- The boxes in the next window are checked by default; we recommend leaving them like that too.
- The next window, which is from Security, you can activate the Protocol obfuscation, if it is of your preference, but it is not necessary, since problems with ISP servers are rare, so eMule does not usually suffer problems with limitations and vendor restrictions or anything like that.
- In the window of employee, leave everything as you find it and voila, finish the initial configuration process.
After this, once eMule is started, we will find the main interface of the program. What follows is the following:
- Enter the section Preferences and then head over to Connection. There you can set the download and upload limits that, although we can leave it by default, it is advisable to set the download rate at 1000 kb / s and the upload rate at 10 kb / s. The rest of the options in the section Connection we leave them as is.
- Then, for greater security when choosing servers that can negatively affect the state of our computer with malicious files, we are going to Security and we activate the box Filter servers. In this same section, in the bar below, you have to enter some of these two addresses: http://sites.google.com/site/ircemulespanish/descargas-2/ipfilter.zip o http://emuling.net23.net/ipfilter.zip, which aim to block almost 200 thousand IP addresses. After this click on Load and wait for the server list to update; this only takes a few seconds.
- Subsequently, we must locate ourselves in the section of Servers, to eliminate all those that appear initially and choose your own that are trustworthy; To do this, select and delete them all together or one by one and, to add new servers, we go to the section that is on the right side and correctly fill in the boxes of IP or address, Port y Name, and then click on Add to list. A couple of good servers that you can add are the following; Similarly, you can find an extensive list of many other servers on the Internet to download files of all kinds, games, movies, series and more.
- Name: eMuleSecurity / IP or address: 80.208.228.241 / Port: 8369
- Name: GroupTS Server / IP or address: 46.105.126.71 / Port: 4661
- Name: Our Thing / IP or address: 94.23.97.30 / Port: 4242
- Name: !! Sharing-Devils No.1!! / IP or address: 91.208.184.143 / Port: 4232
- After adding the servers you want, you have to go to Preferences> employee. There we activate the boxes of Auto update list of servers when starting and Assign high priority to the servers added by hand.
- Subsequently, click on Apply y Accept, and then click on Edit, right in that same section, which will open the notepad without any text in it. There we must paste this link> http://sites.google.com/site/ircemulespanish/descargas-2/server.met. Then we save the changes and click on Apply y Accept. With this, the list of servers will be updated from that link, and that's it. You already have eMule configured!
How to download files with eMule?
Once all the previously explained configuration process has been done, you just have to choose a server and connect to it. Then, click on Search, which is located in the button above and in that section we enter the name of the file that we want to download. Then one or many search results will appear in a list, and there we must choose the specific file. The download will start whenever we want and we just have to wait for it to finish. Finally, we can add several downloads to the queue.