It sounds like you need to configure LW properly: see the following links for suggestions & hints:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...5&pagenumber=1 http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=27036 Search & dwnld techniques (hints)
Make sure you don't attempt to dwnld too many files at once. Try to refrain from using force resume b/c this does slow LW down & hogs the upld bandwidth by sending out continual searches which will affect your connection quality if u have too many forced resumes.