connecting to echoes hub?

[s--k]

My connection went offline last night and I haven't been able to reconnect today.

"[11:38:59] *** Connecting to lossless.echoeshub.com...
[11:39:20] *** A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond."

Anyone else with a problem?

[blauwdruk]

The hub is up again…

[CosmicWanderer]

Anyone else with a problem?

i have the same problem.

The hub is up again…

still happening for me.

[aybesea]

So, I first saw this site years ago. I never got around to joining up, but with Nils' article last week I went ahead and created an account / downloaded Linux software. But that's where I'm stuck. I have zero idea of what to put in to connect to Echoes Hub. I fired off emails to Maroon there and here, but I've yet to hear back. I'd love to get connected to at least see what's up there.

[blauwdruk]

Will take a look later this evening and pm you…

[nadiar]

I joined a few weeks ago but It doesn't seem to let me download the software.

[blauwdruk]

How did you join if you haven’t downloaded the software?

[ledwhofloyd]

I joined a few weeks ago but It doesn't seem to let me download the software.

You don't need to download any software. You just need to register to get a username and password. Then you can enter the hub address into whatever direct connect sharing client you want. I go with plain old DC++.

[daemonspudguy]

Those rules are absolutely terrifying to me as a slightly more casual fan with a single hard drive.

[blauwdruk]

I guess your HD can contain more than 100 GB? So what’s the problem?

[aybesea]

This is a cry for help... does anyone who is currently, successfully using Echoes Hub for downloading, running on Linux? I can't get this working, and I'm finding a whole bunch of threads saying that Linux hasn't worked in years. Just want to be certain that this is true before I give up.

[Alan]

I'm on Windows, but before you give up, you should probably wait a little bit. The hub seems to be very unstable currently, so I can't connect to it either right now.

[aybesea]

Sounds good... I will not remove or close anything until you tell me things have settled. Thanks!

[Alan]

Looks like it's online again now -- I've been connected for a while without issues.

[daemonspudguy]

I guess your HD can contain more than 100 GB? So what’s the problem?

My 2 Terabyte hard drive only has about 600 gigs left, and my internet bandwidth would really not be happy with me. Also, many people have reported issues with Linux.

[daemonspudguy]

All of this is moot though because I was born in 2004, and don't feel like lying about my age to join something that I would likely have issues keeping up with.

[aybesea]

So, I finally was able to download another users list, and that is great. But now I can't again. I do see this warning:

[10:32] <EchoesBarMaid> Warning: aybesea just logged in and their online ratio is very low at only 1.664%.
[10:32] <AlbertMagoolie> aybesea, We apologize for the inconvenience, however you are temporarily blocked from Downloading due to an Low Online Ratio of 1.664%. Time Remaining: 1439 minutes.

So, do I need to improve ratio before I can see others' lists? How do I do that?

Thanks

[blauwdruk]

Yes, please stay logged in, your ratio must reach about 10%... I can't do anything about that; it's in the software Marooned built..

[aybesea]

Okay, so I bumped up my shares to ~150GB. I'll just let this idle and we'll see.

Thanks

[blauwdruk]

That's more than enough for now... I will keep an eye out for you...

[aybesea]

Last tweak for today, I have now moved ALL of my old Y! torrents into my shared folder. Let's see how this goes.