Nothing makes me more frustrating than when something works so well for so many years (Ares Galaxy) stops working. The problem? It seems that there’s an issue with Ares not connecting properly when it starts up. Argh!
Ares not connecting means that it takes a lot of time and effort to get up and running in the filesharing arena. When I start up Ares all I want to do is to find some music and start downloading. I don’t want to have to deal with Ares not connecting.
The problem of Ares not connecting comes from the way Ares Galaxy deals with the IPs it ‘remembers’ when it wants to connect to the network on startup. These IPs – called cnodes – are essentially for Ares connecting. When Ares Galaxy doesn’t remember these IPs correctly then it struggles.
This problem seems to be inherent in Ares Galaxy but has been ironed out in later versions. I solved my issue by dumping Ares Galaxy and picking up Ares Vista instead. Ares Ultimate was another candidate that didn’t suffer the problem of Ares not connecting and that would be a good choice too. Actually, I just wish I’d made the swap a while back: the new software is better all around!
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