My connection problem(with details)

[elzar]

Ok I have Limewire Pro. I just upgraded to the newest version but I was having this problem before and after the upgrade. When I fire up limewire, sometimes I get some ultrapeers, sometimes I don't. Either way after about 15 seconds, if I have any ultrapeers they disconnect, and I just get a spam of different IP addresses going by as it tries to connect. Sometimes it will hit on an ultrapeer and connect for a few seconds, then that will drop off. In any case since it is getting IP addresses somewhere to try I have to assume it is able to contact the router.limewire.com or the other gnutella.net addresses. I have put in the gnutella.net file, and it has made no difference. Sometimes I get a solid connection for long enough to do a search, but usually no connection will stay up for longer than a few moments before it drops. I have done the telnet thing and from that can confirm that my isp is not blocking gnutella. It gave me gnutella ok or whatever. I also have a router that I go though. I have configured that to make the pc I am using the default for all incoming connections that are not already mapped, plus I have mapped that specific port that it uses to this computer. I have set up limewire to function from behind a firewall also. I do not know what else to try. Please help me out if anyone has any suggestions.

[elzar]

I also wanted to mention, I can use streaming content, because someone suggested trying that to make sure it wasn't having to rebuffer alot or dropping the connection alot. I had no problems with the 128k/s streaming video. Also, just fired up limewire pro, got a connection to a ultrapeer, stayed connected for aprox. 60 seconds, the ultrapeer dropped off, and all I got was a few small connections to a few single clients but nothing else ever came on.

[Krieger88]

1) Disable ultrapeer capabilities if you've not already done so.
2) go to options->uploads->basic and throttle your upstream to 10k/s
3) be patient and wait a couple of minutes after restarting LimeWire.

[elzar]

Originally posted by Krieger88
1) Disable ultrapeer capabilities if you've not already done so.
2) go to options->uploads->basic and throttle your upstream to 10k/s
3) be patient and wait a couple of minutes after restarting LimeWire.

Ok I tried all 3 of those, and for a second I thought you were gonna be my hero. I had 3 ultrapeers connected, but then, one by one, until I was disconnected again, they quickly dropped off . And now I have sat here probalby 20 minutes, just so i would be able to say I was patient, and i have yet to connect to anything else.

[smittypap]

I've had this problem twice and was able to correct it by removing and reinstalling LimeWire. After reinstalling, fire it up and it works fine......for a week or two. Don't know what's causing it but it's starting to tick me off.

[elzar]

Originally posted by smittypap
I've had this problem twice and was able to correct it by removing and reinstalling LimeWire. After reinstalling, fire it up and it works fine......for a week or two. Don't know what's causing it but it's starting to tick me off.

Heh I might try it, but I've already tried it several times without result, but hey whats one more time just in case heh.