Just wanted to let you know I sent you a personal message with some instructions on what you have to do. If need further help please contact me using the contact information on my website and I will setup a window to test with you.

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I may be one of those guilty of posting a thread in the wrong place and of asking questions about things covered in the FAQ, so I was wondering if you have tips for best places to post to get knowledgeable answers, and if there's any news on acces to the FAQ. I'm using the latest OSX version of limewire, and the FAQ hasn't been accessible since I was first on a couple months ago. I've posted a thread regarding issues with sharing files in the OSX forum as well, and relisted it in the upload/download forum because I, and what I can see of others with the same problem, have gotten very few responses. Those that have been posted are all prefaced by "I'm not an expert, but. . ." I've tried the solutions offered anyway. None of them has worked. The sharing thing only became a problem with the upgrade . . . Anyway, if you have any tips regarding any of this, they would be appreciated.

Just a quick response to the last post. I'm not sure if I can help you with your situation in fact I hope that by now you've found a solution to your problem.

For thos interested LeeWare development has passed the 4 million mark for files distributed via a P2P network. For more information please visit http://www.leeware.com/news.html

We hope that you will join us in our distribution of non-infringing content.

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I'm using a linksys router and have taken your advice to FORCE the IP address using Limewire. I know the IP address of my router, but when I search for items that I know I'm sharing, I do not see my IP in the list. Do I need to do something else?

R. B.

I don't believe that you can return results for yourself. Meaning that the files you are sharing do not show up in your own search results.

There are two possible options to determine if your sharing is working correctly.

1 - create a uniquely named file for example CHK - 000-000-000
post a reply to this thread when this is done and I'll see if I can download it.

or

2 - leave your machine on for a while I recommend more that 4 hours and check your statistics under the library tab upload column [completed/attempted] uploads.

hope this helps.

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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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