Steve,

Anytime a file stops downloading do a new search for the file. Often Limewire will re-establish the route to the file and resume the download. also, another host may have signed on with the identical file.

During a download that is lengthy you can right click your search term and select "repeat search". This will reduce the possibility that your routing to the file will get lost.

Your 56K connection hurts you because the longer time required to download a given file increases the chance that the routing to the file can be lost and / or the host shuts down.

Norm