hey, i just tried doing everything LeeWare said about increasing download speed. But, I am trying to download a 101,902KB file and it is only downloading at 0KB/sec. Says it will take 300+ hours to download. I am running a Mac with OSX and I have a cable connection. I am new to this so I don't know what else to do.

You haven't indicated where you are trying to download from. If it is from work or school there may be policies in play to stop P2P file sharing. If it is from home are you sure your ISP allows it? Have you tried downloading different files? Like txt or pdf?

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I am connecting from home and the only types of files I have tried so far are mp3, .sit, and .dmg. My ISP doesn't have anything that I know of that would prohibit p2p types of things. I have had successful downloads, it is just that sometimes they are incredibly slow. I can check with the ISP to see what the deal is, but I had been avoiding that cause of the chance that it could get me in to trouble. I will also try dowloading some pdf files to see if that has any difference.

yeah, the pdf file is also coming in at under 5KB/sec and it's only 7,000KB.

There's one of two possibilities 1) the source you are downloading your files from are located on slow connections or are overloaded. Your download speed is pretty much determined by the person you are downloading from. You should try to download a file with many sources. You also haven't talked about your connection speed. What is your Upload/Download?

2) Goto a site that gives free bandwidth tests and test your bandwidth. The test results will appear in Kbps this is normal for communications, file sharing programs use KB so 5KB is 40kbps perhaps the person you are downloading from is using a modem or is serving multiple users.

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I did the bandwidth test and my communication speed is 960.3kbps. Still havn't been able to tell if my ISP has some sort of limitation on p2p sharing. I am also usually downloading from someone with atleast another cable connection as far as I can tell. By the way, thanks for all the help. I appreciate all the patience, I hardly know anything about this stuff and I am trying to grasp it.

for a handy explanation of how gnutella works, see Arne Babenhauserheide's writeup at www.gnufu.net .

for broadband tests (java based) that also give you upload speeds, I like http://www.broadbandreports.com/stest

for more info on whether your ISP currently or plans to filter p2p traffic, you'll have to ask them. Others have posted their findings here http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=20678

for info on the US law and filesharing, see http://www.eff.com/share/

Welcome--it's a pretty good community here

thanks it seems to be working a little better now, I'll check those links though thanks!

How do i let other people download fiules from me?? (upload)

I assume you can download files? Are you behind a firewall? If so LimeWire supports a push function that allows you to make an outbound connection to a person requesting a file from your computer. if you like I can help you test this function. Just reply to this thread and we can set up a test.

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