thx for the response, lotr.
im trying to narrow it down but am not very technical ;-)

this is the speed im getting.

Your Connection

Direction Actual Speed True Speed (estimated)
Downstream 865 Kbps (108.1 KB/sec) 934 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 231 Kbps (28.9 KB/sec) 249 Kbps (inc. overheads)

these results are very similar results when i ran this modem, lw 3.x under os9.2.2.
thinking about things limewire would crash after 6/7 hours then as well but always put this down to it being a g3 266 machine which ran lw at a snails pace.

tried running lw with the preference download speed at 80% (40k) instead, still crashes. Just loaded acquisition and it crashed so its the ****ing modem/driver problem. or can it be anything else?

anyone recommend a ethernet modem that *definately* works under os10.3.8 with the latest version of limewire pro. Would like a firewall but not bothered about wireless.

tia