48 Responses

1. LegendChew

   December 10th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

   

   Hi Jayce,

   I have tried to use that software before but after a period of time the downloading become much slower compare to Utorrent.

2. Jayce

   December 10th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

   

   Hmm… XunLei still serve me well for the moment. Will try Utorrent when XunLei starting to slow down. Thanks for the info by the way.

3. christina

   December 10th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

   

   how come cannot download the xunlei software

4. Jayce

   December 10th, 2008 at 9:56 pm

   

   Huh? You should be able to download it at http://www.xunlei.com/

5. Darren

   December 11th, 2008 at 12:56 am

   

   Woow, thank for introduce such great tool to speed up all our download.

6. Jayce

   December 11th, 2008 at 8:08 am

   

   No problem, bro.

7. whiztech

   December 12th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

   

   Besides Thunder, Halite and Deluge is also fast. There is a no-ad version of Thunder, released by Ayu I think.

8. Wing Loon

   December 13th, 2008 at 10:00 am

   

   You can also try BitComet 0.66 Mod version. It gives you fast download…

9. Jayce

   December 14th, 2008 at 1:02 am

   

   @whiztech, @Wing Loon: Thanks for the info.

10. Oswald Kok

    December 15th, 2008 at 2:21 pm

    

    Thank you so much for the Language Pack, it works well…. Two thumbs up

11. Jayce

    December 15th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    

    You are welcome.

12. keeman

    December 16th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    

    Obviously, you didn’t acknowledge where you get that translation pack from…

13. Jayce

    December 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    

    I got it using this P2P software.
    Actually, you can create your own language pack too. Just copy the existing Chinese files. Then change to the language that you want. That’s all.

14. keeman

    December 16th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    

    Yes, i know. Just that the work from the previous person should be acknowledged. Not many is willing to spend time to do the translation.

    Anyway, thanks for spreading the “beauty” of XunLei.

15. Jayce

    December 16th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    

    No problem.

16. HeHeHunter

    December 21st, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    

    I’d really appreciate you link the original English Translation source. It’s a shame for copying others work and uploading it on your own blog.

    Do delete this post after that.

    If this is your own work, I’d acknowledge it.

17. Jayce

    December 21st, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    

    @HeHeHunter: Sorry that I don’t know you are the creator of this language pack. I got this from emule network. Some one must have shared it.

    No worry. I put the download link to your page already. By the way, thanks for the language pack. It is so nice of you to do so.

18. roman

    December 23rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    

    Hi， Jayce:

    thanks for sharing the great file. my question what to do after I download your language file? my Thunder still shows massy code that can not be recognized.

    Thanks

    　

19.   Thunder English, XunLei English 5 language pack installation guide by Jayce Ooi’s Paradise

    December 24th, 2008 at 8:01 am

    [...] to install Thunder English, Xunlei English 5 language pack: 1. Download è¿…é›· (XunLei) Thunder 5 English Language Pack first. 2. Copy it to Thunder language folder. (Eg. C:Program FilesThunder [...]

20. Jayce

    December 24th, 2008 at 8:10 am

    

    @roman: Please get the guide at Thunder English, XunLei English 5 language pack installation guide

21. HeHeHunter

    December 24th, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    

    I don’t think that you learnt your lesson.

    Please credit other people’s work. Don’t just modify it and make it as your own guide. Unless it’s fully your hardwork, do credit the person who created it.

22. Jayce

    December 24th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

    

    @HeHeHunter: Come on. I recreated a new Thunder 5 English Language Pack version 0.1. I can’t come out a simple few sentences guide?

23. HeHeHunter

    December 24th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    

    HaHa! I just saw you ‘new’ version of Xunlei Translation. Didn’t you previously used mine?

    Anyway, I do not wish to bother you. Happy Blogging.

24. Jayce

    December 24th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

    

    @HeHeHunter: You too. Happy Blogging.

25.   XunLei English / Thunder English 5 is sharing all your files? by Jayce Ooi’s Paradise

    December 27th, 2008 at 8:00 am

    [...] Posts Download è¿…é›· (XunLei) Thunder 5 English Language Pack Thunder English, XunLei English 5 language pack installation guide Share and Enjoy: These icons [...]

26.   XunLei English / Thunder English 5 alternative == Gigaget? by Jayce Ooi’s Paradise

    December 28th, 2008 at 8:01 am

    [...] XunLei English / Thunder English 5 alternative == Gigaget? Gigaget is a download manager which utilizes cutting-edge Net Grid technology that improves your download speed by 7-10 times. This quote is taken from Gigaget website. Does Gigaget really will improve your download speed? Anyway, Gigaget does look alike XunLei / Thunder 5. And the best part is that it is in English. Therefore, you do not need English language pack like the way you use XunLei. [...]

27. Jake

    February 13th, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    

    heyz … just wanna ask ur opinion … well i tried to download xunlei and my anti-virus said its a harmful program … so im not sure whether to continue to download it or not … cause i had bad experiences in the past bout virus … i had two computers down cuz of virus and i dun wan my laptop to be the third … anyways hav u encounter any virus while downloading files??

28. Jayce

    February 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    

    @Jake: XunLei itself does not have virus. However, do be careful with files that you download with XunLei. They might come along with virus. Select the right source to download your file. I did face some virus along the way. Luckily, my antivirus is able to detect and delete them.

29. Lah Kian

    February 26th, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    

    what the heck ? the software cannot be download i click the xunlei just keep redirect to the page itself..

30. Jayce

    February 26th, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    

    @Lah Kian: Please download XunLei software at XunLei website. I don’t have it here. How do you click on it? I wonder…

31. jipun

    March 4th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    

    hi…dunno y my thunder keep having this webpage cannot be display whet happen to my thunder? can some wan help me? thanks

32. lovepark

    March 17th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    

    I had followed ur step.. download and unzip the file.. and copy it into the languages folder… but its still the same… under view language.. i only can select 2 languages which is Chinese simplified n traditional ONLY. theres no option for me to select to english. is this only works for certain window only?

    n btw.. what shuld i set it to? cos everytime i start to load this thunder5, its will pop out a msg : “cannot find “about:blank, make sure the path and internet address is correct”

33. Jayce

    March 18th, 2009 at 9:04 pm

    

    @lovepark: Which version are you using?

34. lovepark

    March 18th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

    

    I am using 5.1.3.xxx cant remember… and i had uninstalled it.
    or.. is it bcos i am using Vista?

35. lovepark

    March 19th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

    

    last night i had just uninstall the thunder and re-install a different version again… now i can choose the english language.. but still theres some word is not translate.. still in “????” ??

    after reinstall new version.. whole night i use this thunder was okay.. but the next day the speed become very slow.. so i restart my laptop again.. and the speed is back to faster.. but after few min.. its come out with the blue screen >>>> http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9764/picture27pyr.jpg

    after i restart again the same things happen again n again… this is not the 1st time happened..before this i used webthunder also the same problem..

36. Jayce

    March 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 am

    

    @lovepark: Not all the Chinese words are translated into English. So there will be “???” for those are not translated.

    Did not face BSOD on my system when using Xunlei. I looked at your screen shot. It might be something wrong with your network driver or your network hardware. Xunlei tends to use lot of network resources.

37. faz

    April 7th, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    

    can window vista install thunder 5?

38. Jayce

    April 8th, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    

    @faz: I am using it with Windows Vista now.

39. Guillaume

    April 30th, 2009 at 12:08 am

    

    I think people are misunderstanding Xunlei.

    It does not increase your speed by finding more sources - that is impossible. Any decent bt client like Microtorrent will find all available up to the limit of connections that your OS (usually 10 or 20 connections for X, though there is a hack to remove that limit).

    What it does do is to attempt to bypass “throttling” of BT by your ISP. Throttling is when your ISP detects P2P protocol on standard BT ports they automatically reduce your downlaod speed to something rediculously slow. Comcast in the US were the first to do this, and that case is in court, but many “cheap” ISPs now do the same. To bypass this throttling, Xunlei uses port 80 which is the port your browser uses. In some cases that works. In other cases, the ISP even checks port 80 and does the same throttling. That is bad because then your rapidshare downlaods will be hit as well.

    There is also a problem of Xunleis default settings which I am told do not let it share - ie it is a leech machine. Two things against that - first problem is that some trackers and some clients now ban Xunlei as a leech (downlaod but no upload). The trackers are usually the private ones having the best torrents. Public torrents like Minova or Piratebay should be OK, but more and more traffic is now via the private trackers.

    Second problem is thatUnless you set Xunlei to share the files then many clients will ban you and not connect to you. OR your “ratio” on the private tracker will fall lower and lower and the speeds will get slower and slower and finally stop.

    So it may help - try it -or it may be worse than a standard client.

    Commonsense really - when somebody tells you that you can buy some apples at 1/20 the price of the market - do you go and buy? If somebody sells you a car at 1/4 of the price listed are you not suspicious? There’s no such thing as a free luch. And Xunlei proves it.

    The no ads mod is esential. In itself Xunlei does not casue problems, but some of the ads it runs from third parties are said to drop spyware. Tnask for that tip.

    PS You can test throttling by trying Microtorrent with no obfuscation. Pick any popular torrent from Minova -one with hundreds of seeds and leechers. Try to run it with defualt ports (ie as installed first time). Note the download speed after 15 minutes. It may be fast (say 400 Kbytes per second on a standard 3 Mbit ADSL Broadband, or it may be slow - less than 40 Kbytes per second) Now turn on obfuscation and change the UDP and TCP ports to womething weird like 45591 and 45592 restart Microtorrent (open those ports in your firewall if you need to and test them to make sure it works). Now note the speed after 15 minutes. If you are still showing slow download (less than 50KB/s then your ISP is using smart thottling. In that case, change ISP or try Xunlei. But if it is now very fast using the new settings on Microtorrent then your ISP is using crude throttling and you have bypassed it - until they decide to upgrade their throttling. The safest thing to do is to ask around friends and see the speeds they get with other ISPs. If they have a good speed (go see it and try your fast torrent file) then change ISP - that is the long term solution.

    Have fun! Me? On a small file with only one seed it might take me a week to get it. On a 4 Gbyte file with a few hundred seeds and leeachers I get 450 KB/s easy. Thas about the max from my connection. 450/s = 25 Mbytes per minute = 1.5 GB per hour = three hours or less for the 4GB.

    Second problem is that

40. kmlee

    May 13th, 2009 at 5:56 am

    

    Thanks for the english version of Xunlei of thunder 5 The problem I have is under the file section I cannot open a new torrent file. What I did was to point the torrent file and shift it into the floating icon but than under the task info there is not info at all Is there a problem to it. Anyway thank you very much for this cos I am english edu.

41. user94

    May 14th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    

    How i gonna download?

42. Em0_bOY

    May 20th, 2009 at 6:41 pm

    

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43. Eddie

    June 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 am

    

    how to download the thunder5 with no charges ?

44. s0jiro

    June 8th, 2009 at 4:04 am

    

    Hi Jayce i’ve just installed xunlei/thunder version 5.8.14.706 was thinking i can test this new program for d/l’ing-streaming, etc.

    I’m using firefox as my main browser and after installing thunder i went back to their main site and tried to stream some of the video’s that they have links to but i keep getting a error msg saying i don’t have xunlei kankan mod/addon installed and when i click on their link provided it just d/l’s xunlei / thunder again.

    Is there anything you can help me with? i.e maybe i missed something during the installation?

45. mandy

    June 8th, 2009 at 10:04 pm

    

    can u teach me how 2 download it .i dunno how 2 do can u write the full step 4 me pls .cause i want thunder eng laug pack pls.

46. patrick

    June 11th, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    

    wat king of BitComet 0.66 Mod version still need pay up….zz…and thx for the eng laugh pack jayce

47. patrick

    June 11th, 2009 at 10:57 pm

    

    erm….sry i men kind….by wing loon….zzz -.-”

48. tom

    June 26th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    

    very very gud o….