Ok - this is a great program - was using Limewire - and didn't like it.

Used an old version for a day and then found 0.5.2 which compiled and installed on my Mandrake 8.2 smooth as peanut butter (the smooth variety).

I just want to make sure that I'm using it optimally.

Does the amount of connections affect the rate of download? I've had some green bar searches, which download at a very slow rate (1k per second and even slower!).

I'm also concerned that I've got the right host setup - is 700 to 1000 hosts about right? Or should it be more?

What settings can I configure to optimize connection speeds?