I've used Limewire for a few years now, and have the latest 2.7.3 Pro version, and I've noticed that now I get almost no one uploading. I can be on for several hours and have less than a dozen uploaded files. Yet some files show 2000 hits in the library area. I used to have to limit my uploads, due to a lot of uploads. Now I don't get hardly any. Why is this. I know they can get through, because I am getting some uploads, but no where near the amount I used to get. I like sharing with others, and wonder if this hinders others from having access to all thats out there.

I came today to the forumn for the same reason. Why are so few people able to upload from me. I've got a cable connection with a router and over 2400 titles. If I can't share, I kow that is why some of my downloads fail or are slow.

Well, I'm glad I'm not alone. I wonder whether this is a common problem because of the version of Limewire. I'm using LimeWire Pro 2.7.7 and it seems that this all began when I went to Pro. Is this common or not.

I would like to share my files, but something's amiss, and I can't.

Is there a common thread or an answer?

The queing feature actually improved the performance on your side of things. When your slots are busy the requests are queued.


"So what's the use of queueing?

- It prevents a "bombardment" of download and retry attempts. Each attempt, it needs to send out the "503" error message. Although it seems little, a popular file can cause a lot of these requests and eat a bit of the available bandwidth, and available incomming ports (should there be a limit, depending on, say, firewall, proxy, bandwidth throtling systems). If it is queued, the client doesn't need to retry but simply wait...

- It gives the end-user a visual representation when to expect the file. With current "retries", the end user just knows he or she will NOT receive the file at all, until at least a successful retry. Most likely, he'll start clicking more of the similar results and try those, maybe ending up with 20 possible servers, creating the previous scenario. When it is queued, the end user will know that his request was successful, the file is indeed available on the server, and there's a greater chance the server will send it to him once the server is ready to do so.

- It allows a single file to be queued at multiple servers."

http://www.leeware.com

I don't see that the above post has ANYTHING to do with my original question. I can download just fine, although I am convinced that I am receiving fewer search results on the same topic. And I am receiving a few uploads, but no where near the amount I used to under previous Limewire versions. Uploads now are almost non-existant.

Actually It has a lot do with your question I believe that you made a reference that since you've upgraded you've received less uploads.

As a file distributor I noticed since upgrading the downloads have been more streamlined. (which means I don't get clobbered with download request but instead I end up providing a constant stream of downloads.)

So, subjectively it would lead me to believe that I am receiving fewer downloads when in fact I am providing more successful downloads consistently.

This of course in constrast to have all of my upload slots on all of my servers full with people ATTEMPTING to download from me.

Please read the following post as more people take this advice and if your box has to push files out, your results could just be filtered on the searcher side. Which means that you will return results but will receive very few actual download requests as your results will not appear as a hit in the downloaders servent.

This information is being offered as a POSSIBILITY to your problem. So IMHO it has everything to do with your question/statements.

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=17321

Hope this helps.

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LeeWare Development
http://www.leeware.com

Fine. I forced my IP address, which I don't think is the problem, because it never was before. In fact, I use Zonealarm, and after I tell it to allow Limewire, it's as if ZA doesn't even exist for that program. I know that, because I have asked people in chat if my address shows up as red or black, and they say black. Nothing has changed on my PC since I first started using LW, except their new versions. So I don't know what the problem is, except what I have said before, that my PC is on for at least four hours, and i get over 1,000 hits on some files, and less than 6 downloads total, last night, none. Under older versions, I would have had 200 or more in 4 hours. So who is losing out with this NEW technoligy?

I assume you read the last part of the following thread.

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=17321


Essentially if people are taking this advice then they are filtering results for firewalled hosts on the remote end. Which means that if I did a search for files contained on your computer -- you would see the hits register but results from your computer would not show up in my search results because I indicated in my configuration that I don't want to see results from hosts that are behind firewalls.

So no results = no downloads. Now if you think that this has something to do with limewire simply roll back to a previous version and test. Please post your results we would be interested in hearing them.

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LeeWare Development
http://www.leeware.com

I have been using LimeWire for several months and had no trouble either downloading files from others or allowing others to download from me.
Last week, however, I installed Mac OS 10.2.1, and thereafter I have had only a couple of uploads, both of which failed--"transfer interrupted".
I came to these forums in search of support and happily found your post, which ends with this tip:
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If you are using NAT (meaning that the IP address of your machine is 10.x.x.x or 192.x.x.x ) now, might be able to connect, search and download from the network but no one will be able to upload from you. If you have taken the advise of others to force your IP using limewire then your half way there, as your port forwarding is working correctly. But, you need to FORCE THE IP OF YOUR ROUTER or FIREWALL to the network. To find out what your ip is from the machine that you use to get on Gnutella open a web browser to http://www.whatismyip.com
(write this IP down and force this IP in Limewire) If you need help testing this Just post a reply to this thread.
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So I went to System Preferences/Share/Firewall, where I noticed my network IP is 192.x.x.x. The firewall was not turned on (ie. "not in use", it says.). But I clicked on the button to enable Gnutella/Limewire anyway.
Then I went to LimeWire preferences, as you suggested, and forced the normal IP I had been using 61.x.x.x. (I typed in the IP# and checked the "Force IP" box.
Nonetheless, I still have no one downloading from me. Is there something else I need to do? (I don't follow the meaing of Router. I have an 8 megabyte per/sec modem that has Lan/Router, but I don't know if that's a problem.
I have searched this forum using key words but cannot find any answers. The FAQ didn't seem to answer it, and neither could I find help on the Mac OS X forum, though it must be a problem encountered by other Mac OS 10.2 users as well.
Can you help me, please?
Masa

Forcing my IP worked for me getting more uploads now!! Thanks Leeware (someone should create a tutorial??)