Okay, Lee,

I emailed you with my IP and the names of some files.

This should be running, Lee; I don't plan to disconnect it; I've kept it running for the past 12 hours. If you have a problem, please email me. Due to lack of hits I had considered shutting down all programs and restarting the computer to see if that helps; however, as Limewire does better the longer it runs, I think instead I will leave it running.

I have another question while I am waiting for my test with Lee. Does anyone know if it does any harm, if one has a DSL/Cable connection, to play with the connection speeds? For example, sometimes with the older versions of Limewire, I would set my speed as T1 and find that suddenly *some* people (depending on their bandwidth) could upload faster from me. It was as though my bandwidth, at that moment, was evidently "greater" than that of an "average" cable modem, at least at that particular moment, (though I am sure far less than a T1), and by setting the number higher, I was able to provide whatever bandwidth I had available for those who were uploading. Just wondering if anyone else had experimented with this. I do not think setting it higher locked anyone out; it just seemed to make bandwidth available to them *if* I had it and *if* they could use it. Since this newest version of Limewire works differently, I would prefer to ask you guys.

Decided to download the latest "beta" from VersionTracker, so I will be temporarily closing Limewire for 5 minutes or so until I can get the other one loaded. I hope this version works better.

So Lee, in the unlikely event you try me in the next 5 minutes, just give it a bit. Unfortunately, I'll lose out on my long connection time; I know the longer Limewire runs, the more reliable it is.

I am trying the new beta, although it is not showing me how many files I am sharing. It should say 608 but next to the green dot, there is no number listed. I also cannot get this to show up when I run 2.7.13; I *thought* there was a number there before I downloaded the beta.

Sonnet - I just got the message I am getting ready to begin testing now. I am printing the list of things you sent me.

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Sonnet

Testing Result for 68.*.*.* <-- 24.*.*.*

test 1: I connected 4 nodes to the network and searched for the content specified in your e-mail. I found your machine on all 4 nodes. From each machine I issued a browse host command to browse your local file library. It appears you're sharing over 600 files-your query hit messages are comming back as four star results. (for each machine I selected the entire contents of your library for download. Unfortunately, this was overkill on my part because each of my machines became extremely busy attempting to create 600 + files in the incomplete folder directory. )
I terminated this session.

Next, I disconnected each of my nodes from the network and cleaned up my file system then I reconnected all 4 nodes in searched from each one for the content you specified in your e-mail, three turned up no results from your host, your machine was probably outside of my search horizon. However, the fourth node did return results from your machine. from this point, I took a more practical approach to downloading from a host.

My download setting are set to the default of 14 simultaneous downloads. Your machine deliver 360 kilobits per second throughput.

Test / Results:
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Single File Download: worked

Multiple file download: (4) worked

Multiple file download: (14) 6 downloaded 8 waiting in line positions (1 - 8)
As each download completed one file would drop from the queue and the rest were repositioned in the queue. (worked according to specifications)

Multiple File Download: (20) 6 downloaded 8 waiting in line positions (1-8) 6 files waiting x seconds busy.

QueryHits for content on your machine now returning 2 star results.

Comments:
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The new features introduced in this version of LimeWire are working correctly. All files were successfully downloaded. I assume that you're not doing any bandwidth throttling so the throughput is good. appears that the maximum number of files that can be downloaded from a host at any given time is 6 any thing above this amount is give either an Upload limit reached on your side or queued on the remote users side. (this depends on maximum number of simultaneous downloads specified on the remote users host.) Any QueryHits from your machine while people are downloading from you or queued up to download from your are drop from 4 star results to 2 star to 1. Anyone who has their filters set to show only three stars or higher will not see query hits from your machine while it is busy.

I downloaded a total of 54 -130 files from your machine they were all destroyed upon completion of this test. Hope this helps.

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LimeWire does not set a hard maximum for the number of parallel downloads from a single host or from any host... It is always possible to change the default setting to force LimeWire to allow even more downloads.

>I am trying the new beta, although it is not showing me how many files I am sharing. It should say 608 but next to the green dot, there is no number listed.

hi sonnet -- did you ever get this fixed? version 2.8 has changed the display mechanism slightly by showing "sharing shared / total" [where shared & total are numbers] when its still hashing, and the library displays the extra files that aren't hashed in red. if you go into the library, do you see files that are either red or black? i _think_ i've seen the number disappear before when java doesn't have enough room to display the whole label. try making the width of your program wider?...

I realize that I was not correct in my assertion here however, I should ask what happens when the amount of available bandwidth is exhausted before you can reach the number of specified uploads?

I assume waiting busy on my end but I can only speculate what he might see on his end. I have not tested this condition.

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If there are no ongoing uploads with more than 3kbytes/s, LimeWire will not allow any further uploads (unless the number of current uploads is smaller than the "Start Upload Slots" value specified in the options).

What might I see for example if I reached this condition when people are attempting to download from me?

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