Status Bar

The status bar is located at the bottom of the main aMule window. It gives a continuous at-a-glance summary of the current session: the latest log line, network user and file counts, transfer speeds, and connection status.

Log

The leftmost section displays the last line printed to the aMule log:

If the line is longer than the available space it is truncated. The info button next to the text to shows a tooltip with the complete line when you hover the mouse.

Users & Files

The second section shows aMule's estimate of the number of users connected to, and files available on, each network it is participating in. When both networks are enabled, the field reads:

Users: E: <eD2k> K: <Kad> | Files: E: <eD2k> K: <Kad>

where E: is the eD2k count and K: is the Kademlia count.

• The eD2k user count is the estimated number of users on the eD2k network.
• The Kademlia user count is the estimated number of users on the Kademlia network.
• The eD2k file count is the estimated number of files on the eD2k network.
• The Kademlia file count is the estimated number of files on the Kademlia network.

When only one network is enabled, the E:/K: prefixes are dropped and the field shows a single value for each:

Users: <count> | Files: <count>

If no network is enabled, the field reads No networks selected.

All counts use SI suffixes:

Letter	Multiplier
k	1,000
M	1,000,000
G	1,000,000,000
T	1,000,000,000,000

Speed

The speed section shows current upload and download bandwidth usage:

A small transfer-direction icon (an upward and a downward arrow) appears first. It indicates current transfer activity and is distinct from the connection-state globe described in the Globe Icon section.

The downward arrow is green when aMule is downloading and red when it is not. The upward arrow is green when aMule is uploading and red when it is not:

Icon	Meaning
	Not downloading or uploading
	Downloading but not uploading
	Uploading but not downloading
	Both downloading and uploading

To the right of the icon:

• Up — current upload speed.
• Down — current download speed.

If "Show overhead bandwidth" is enabled in Preferences → Interface, a bracketed number appears alongside each speed value showing the bandwidth consumed by overhead traffic (connection management, pings, protocol control packets):

Networks

The rightmost section shows connection status for both networks. Each status is prefixed with its network name (eD2k: and Kad:) and the two are joined by a | separator:

For the eD2k network, the name (or IP address) of the currently connected server is displayed after the eD2k: label.

When not connected, the text reads eD2k: Disconnected, or eD2k: Connecting while a connection attempt is in progress.

For the Kademlia network, the status appears after the Kad: label.

Text	Meaning
Kad: Connected	Connected
Kad: Firewalled	Connected but firewalled
Kad: Connecting	Connection attempt in progress
Kad: Off	Not connected

Globe Icon

The large earth icon in the status bar gives a combined graphical view of the connection state for both networks:

• The lower-left arrow represents the eD2k network.
• The upper-right arrow represents the Kademlia network.

Arrow colour meanings:

Colour	Meaning
Red	Offline / not connected
Orange	Connecting
Yellow	Connected but firewalled — Low ID on eD2k, firewalled on Kademlia
Green	Connected — High ID on eD2k, open on Kademlia

All possible globe icons and their combined meanings:

Icon	eD2k	Kademlia
	Offline	Offline
	Offline	Connected (firewalled)
	Offline	Connected
	Connecting	Offline
	Connecting	Connected (firewalled)
	Connecting	Connected
	Connected (Low ID / firewalled)	Offline
	Connected (Low ID / firewalled)	Connected (firewalled)
	Connected	Offline
	Connected	Connected (firewalled)
	Connected	Connected

note

The combination of a yellow eD2k arrow and a green Kademlia arrow does not occur in practice and is not listed above.