According to everything you mentioned the only thing that sticks out to me is that if you have a T1 i.e. 1.544Mbps and your buddy is getting 480-560Kbps throughput which means he's using 31-36% of the available bandwidth. You didn't say how many people share that T1? Finally, you should try downloading any file that has lots of sources. Perhaps a file smaller than 50MB to see what type of performance you get. Also can you download any faster using the web?

I don't think it's a limewire problem.

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Do you know what client it is that your neighbour is using ?
It is not against the 'rules' here for you to mention a 'competitor client' if such is the case.

If he is also using LimeWire then there is the possibility that the problem is with your machine or installation...
If he is using another client, then that opens other arguments...

And, LeeWare has a very basic question re: download performance other than via the Gnutella Network...

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I bet you meant 'lots' of sources instead of 'lost'

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That's exactly what I meant. Anyway, I made the corrections. Even though I haven't posted anything in a while. I still try to keep up on what's going on here. For a while now people have been contacting me directly with questions.

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Hey, it's just three of us on the T1 so it shouldn't be a problem if one guy is using about a third of the bandwith right? The guy next door uses Limewire too and loves to rub his d/l speeds in my face just to be a dick lol. I have reinstalled Limewire about 5 times and I have the latest version installed. I'm on an administrative server at school, but we're in overflow housing so it's just a few guys after the staff leaves for the day around 4. It doesnt matter if i have a file with 40 or 400 sources, I get "waiting for busy host", "awaiting sources" or d/l's up to 5k, but most frequently 0. I'm on a Dell Dimension 4700 using an Intel Pro/100 VE Network Adapter to connect. My internet and email are really fast, but I've seen limewire break double digits in d/l speed 3 times in the last 2 months. I do have NAT, but I have no idea what to do about it.

You could try Force IP for a start: Force IP instructions & sample image
I presume you can't get access to your modem/routing equipment? Do you know the brand names & model numbers?
Have you configured your firewalls to allow both LW & Java full access: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

"Awaiting Sources" is a result of using the Resume function. It is much more efficient & healthy to manually search for fresh/new sources. If you use Resume on most of your incomplete files (if you have many) it will result in your files queueing for 'much', much longer than normal.

Some hints on optimising LW: A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.

Yeah I did that already. It's the same port that I had to allow through my firewall right? Am I supposed to set the IP to 127.0.0.1 or what my actual ip is? or the ip of my firewall?

hey,

let me know if you can straighten out this situation:

Hey,

I have a cable modem, and I just installed the newest version of Limewire. I have a 250 kbps upload bandwidth so what should I set my download and upload bandwidth to? I am running behind Windows SP2 firewall but i can turn that off and put on Norton firewall. Which should I use for the best download speed? Currently, my video downloads arent going any faster than 12 kbps. Music is about 60-80 range.

but listen to this,

When I decide to change from "cable/dsl" to "T1" my music downloads seem to faster than 100kbps and my videos about 25-40kbps. But thats only sometimes.

I also have a shared internet connection. I cannot get on the internet unless my other computer is turned on. We are connected by these Netgear Powerline USB Adapters XA601.

Please help me get the best out of Limewire before I decide to switch to a different program.

THE RESULTS OF MY SPEED TEST:

Your download speed : 2508636 bps, or 2449 kbps.
A 306.2 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 255395 bps, or 249 kbps


please help me get the best out of limewire.

thanks.

According to what you have indicated you are already able to download and I assume upload as well. Since your buddy is also using limewire and you guys are all sharing the same T1 circuit. Then why don't you try the following test and then post your results here.


#1 Create/Rename a file to something unique.
This file should be at least 5-10MB

Example: DataTx01.AVI and DataTx02.AVI

#2 One file should be located on your buddies computer and the other one on your computer.

#3 Connect to Gnutella using limewire and use the following search term to locate the files.

search = DataTx01.avi

or

search = avi 01 tx data

Basically, you want to search for the file that exists on the other computer. NOT the one located on your computer. This should result in an exact match.

#4 Download the file.

#5 Repeat steps 3-4 from other computer.

#6 Post the results of your test on the forum.

Basically, tell us what happened.

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Just downloaded a large movie file from him - 708MB took about a half hour with speeds between 150 and 950 KB/s, averaging above 800. He downloaded a 9MB Mp3 from me and got about 300 KB/s. It probably would have gone faster, but it didnt have enough time to. Our network is configured for filesharing amongst clients, I'm not sure how this is going to give you any info...

If you did the aforementioned using limewire without changing your configuration then it helps by telling me that the problem is not with limewire. However, if you performed the tests outside of limewire then it doesn't help to solve the problem.

Here's what I suspect based on what you've said before.

I think the problem is limited to something that has been discussed several times in this thread alone. That is, you cannot download faster than the person can send the data. Therefore if a person is connected using a modem and you have a T1 your downloads will be limited to that of the modem. Alternatively, if a person with a modem is attempting to download from you they will only be able to pull the data at a rate of 56Kb or less. Because limewire shows the speeds in bytes it will be 7KB or less.

Finally, if you are using a school network are you 100% sure they are not doing traffic-management?


Hope this helps.

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