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Originally posted by trap_jaw
Operating systems not allowed to become an ultrapeer also include
Windows 95-ME, Windows NT. MacOSX will not try as hard to be an
ultrapeer either because LimeWire is far less stable on it than on
Windows 2000, XP and Linux/Solaris. |
I did not mention Windows 95 because it is so old and very few people are still using it when using LimeWire. Mac OSX users can be UltraPeers but as you mentioned they are not very stable users. That Windows 98 and Millenium and NT users was not allowed to become UltraPeers was a surprise to me. So that means that virtually only Windows XP users are good UltraPeers and SUN/Solaris users?. Strange that LW is able to find so much UltraPeers for everyone when only such a limited amount of users are allowed to become UltraPeers. Are you sure that Windows 98 users cannot become UltraPeers?
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The speed requirement is not T1 but DSL. Future versions will allow
any connection speed faster than Modem to become an ultrapeer. |
Yes but DSL users can also be T-1 Users thats why it is allowed to become an UltraPeer even if you are a DSL user. I have a 8Mbit/s VDSL connection so even if I am a DSL user I also am a T-1 user. I once saw a post here on the forum from a developer who said that users that had a bandwidth less then 1.5Mbit/s should not become UltraPeers simply because they do more harm then good. Thats why I never gives the advice to users who have less to become UltraPeers. But in the new future UltraPeer scheme I guess that that is no longer the case.
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The speed selected by the user has no influence on it. LimeWire
calculates the true connection speed internally. "Disable Ultrapeer
Capabilities" is off by default. |
Then how come that you can fake your speed. Lots of Modem and Cable/DSL users out there claim they are T-1 or even T-3 users. I always tought that LW was unable to see the true speed just guess the speed and therefore users most likely to be a true T-1 user will show up as green in the search result field.
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In the future LimeWire will allow many more ultrapeers and reduce the
number of leafs per ultrapeer to 30. |
Lets hope that this will improve the Search results.!