STEP 01
Install with confidence
Download the current community build, choose your folders and finish the first-run setup.
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Find your way
back to eMule.
Get the current Windows download, connect to Kad and eD2K, and fix the settings that get in your way. Clear instructions, one step at a time.
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Three steps to a better start.
New installation or a return after a few years? Follow the route that takes you from download to connected.
STEP 02
Connect to the network
Use a maintained server list and let Kad find sources without a central server.
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Get past Low ID
Work through firewall, router and network checks in a sensible order.
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Connected is a good start.
Reachable is even better.
Kad, servers and incoming ports do different jobs. Check the symptom you actually see, then change one setting at a time.
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