System Requirements
Operating Systems
- Windows 95, Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
- Windows 98
- Windows NT, Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher, Service Pack 4 and above
- Windows 2000
- Windows Millenium Edition
Disk Space
- 4 megabytes of free disk space for the BearShare program and its support files
- As much free disk space as necessary to save downloaded files
- Space for your shared files, if any
Memory
Processor
- A 166MHz Pentium class CPU or higher is required
Network
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You must have an Internet connection to
search, download, and share files on the Internet.
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If you are behind a firewall, or your Internet Service Provider
does not allow your computer to receive incoming connections,
you may experience problems sharing your files, and you may not
be able to download files from other users who are also behind
firewalls.
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BearShare also works on a local area network, provided you have
at least two computers with connected networking hardware. To
operate in this mode, it is necessary to know the IP address
of the computer on your local area network you wish to connect to.
You do not need to share files to participate with BearShare.
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