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provides the initial IP addresses and ports of active "contacts". Bootstrapping
The primary role of nodes.dat is to provide a "bootstrap" list of active Kademlia nodes. emule nodes.dat
: If eMule fails to connect to Kad (showing a "Connecting" status indefinitely), it usually means the nodes in your current nodes.dat are offline. You can manually refresh this by: provides the initial IP addresses and ports of
This is the easiest method. You can tell eMule to fetch a fresh list directly from a community-maintained source. Open and go to the Kad tab. emule nodes.dat