First, you information looks fine. I didn't study in detail but a simple glance says to me at least that everything is okay. I assume that you realize that your download speed is limited by the upload speed of the other end? This has been said over and over gain in this thread.

Let me give you a simple example.


Me 6Mbps / Down < = In OtherPeers 2Mbps / Down = > in
768Kbps /Up Out = > 256Kbps /Up <= out

Because Most P2P programs show the transfer speeds in KiloBYTES and not Kilobits you have to do the conversion.


Me 6Mbit / 8 = 750KB - 20% for overhead = 600KB
768Kbit /8 = 96KB - 20% for overhead = 76.8KB


Therefore, your maximum upload and download speeds as indicated by limewire will be 600KB in and 76.8KB out.


let's make the same calculations for the other side.

Otherpeers 2Mbit/ 8 = 250KB - 20% for overhead = 200KB
256Kbit / 8 = 32KB - 20% for overhead = 25.6KB

So, 25.6KB is the maximum this host would be able to send data to anyone. However, there's another factor Let's say that the other peer has his settings set to:


3 upload slots and 5 files per user. Let say that all slots are full and there are three people uploading from this user 25.6KB / 3 =

8.5KB or less per user is allocated. That's it! Now imagine the same situation where the person only have 128Kbps and they have their settings set to limit their upload bandwidth to 25% of their upload capacity

Here's the math:

128Kbit / 8 = 16KB - 20% for overhead = 12.8KB /3 users = 4.26KB per user soft limit set to 25% of upload capacity (0.25 * 4.26KB) = 1KB per user.

Unless there's something about your situation that makes you beleive that this is not the case. #1 you have not stated that here and #2 this is usually the problem and there's nothing you can do about it.



Hope this helps.

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yea i know how upload speed is much less than dl speed and ur limited to speed of other people but i figured if your downloading very popular files with many sources you should have no problems. It seems that with even very popular files i download them ok for a little while but then after a while it goes to 0 it pretty much always happens and is very frustrating. Is limewire the best peer to peer software? I seemed to do ok with kazaa before. Other problem is I have a dynamic IP and have had to forward ports and set my ip address to that of my router as it changes all the time. how can i make it so people can download off me?

i also know about dividing your actual speed by 8 to figure out what it is in kb

Dare I but in here but IF you are going to forward any ports you MUST have a static IP. There's generally instructions on how to do this somewhere such as Support for your modem or PortForward.com. You'd also need to forward a separate port for each computer linked (eg: Comp. A: port 6346, Comp. B: port 6342, etc.) If your modem/router is able to use UPnP technology then port forwarding may not be necessary. Set the device up to use UPnP & likewise within LW: Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls set for using UPnP. But only UPnP capable devices can use this.

push ip test
how do i know if it works

If you want to know how to tell when people upload from you.

/tools/statistics/advanced (enable here) /upload/general

firewall to firewall connection statistics.

If you want to know about your results (when you are downloading from someone else).

sample location /upload/ select the stats just above general.

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LeeWare Development
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When I download files off of limewire they have like 1-3 hosts like downloading from 2 hosts,but the speed is okb!>????

Why is that?









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I was the private user, anyway When I download files off of limewire they have like 1-3 hosts like downloading from 2 hosts,but the speed is okb!>????

Why is that?

Perhaps it's something wrong with the hosts you are trying to download from. If you have the latest version of limewire you can use the direct connection option on the search tab to connect to one of my hosts. I recommend you download one of the smaller files as a test. chi08.leeware.com. This host should be able to deliver 75K - 100K throughput.


Hope this helps.

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LeeWare Development
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