Download Phex 2.6.0

Over time, various networks and applications have been developed for exchanging files, such as the Gnutella network, which runs a number of different applications. Phex uses this network and is written in Java, so it runs on systems with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or Solaris, among others. The program has support for multi-source downloads, Ultrapeers, Bitzi metadata lookup and MAGMA. Those who are curious about the appearance can here view some screenshots of the program in action. The developers have released version 2.6.0 with the following announcement:

This release of Phex focuses again on improved download reliability. Many measures were taken to reduce the risk of lost or broken downloads. Additionally Phex started to integrate improved file verification, once fully implemented it will allow us to identify and correct possible download errors better. To work around Windows XP SP2 limitations and reduce the number of failed connection attempts Phex now throttles concurrent connects on XP SP2. Read this article for more info.

Thanks to Arne Bab we have again been able to release a Mac OS X version.

Changelog:

• CORE: Added a configurable concurrent connects limit. Windows XP SP2 users are limited to 10 concurrent connects. Phex defaults XP SP2 users to 8 and others to 20 connects. For more info and how to work around this limit check the FAQ on the Phex homepage.
• CORE: Enforced max leaf to ultrapeer connection limit of 5.
• CORE: Improved error checking for failed download segment merge operations.
• CORE: Response to crawler ping with pongs of connected leafs.
• CORE: Upload side THEX integration.
• FIXED: NPE causes Phex to crash on Linux with GTK Look and Feel.

[break]Phex 2.6.0 is available in the following flavors:
Mac OS X
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
All other Systems (Linux/Unix etc.)