I'm on a DSL connection (home network - 2Wire homeportal) and still get extremely slow downloads that are rarely completed. All of my settings are correct (as far as connection speed, etc. But I still get the message that my client is a leaf node connected through an ultrapeer. This never happens on other sites where I routinely get downloads upwards of 120k. The bigger problem is that downloads rarely finish for me and I'm left with incomnplete files.

PLEASE HELP!!!!

Specs - iMac DVSE 400mhz OS 9.1 no firewall DSL connection 2wire homeportal network.

Remember, data can only be transferred as fast as the slowest modem allows.

If you're downloading from someone who only is allowing 5-10 Kb of upload space, that's how fast your download will go.

I know, it's really frustrating when you can download things quickly from the net, but rarely get decent speeds from Limewire.

That's not it- I'm limiting my searches to people with connection speeds DSL and higher. The bottleneck is elsewhere.

Thanks anyway

Still, users can allocate a certain amount of their bandwidth for uploads. You have absolutely no control over how much other users allocate.

Also, users aren't always honest about their connection speed. I've downloaded from people who claim to have modems at 150+ K a second.

I do believe that there is a problem with the speed (or lack thereof) variations using LimeWire.

However, people do misrepresent themselves when entering their preferences for their actual speed. Myself included. I claim to be T3 when I am actually a Cable user. If I choose cable, uploads slow to 2 Kb/sec per person. If I choose T3, they are able to upload much faster. Usually around 20+ Kb/sec. For some reason, LimeWire chooses to put limits based on connection speed. It seems that it should be left open so that the uploads can be limited by the users actual bandwidth. Not LimeWire's guess of bandwidth, as they all vary.

Also, I can have more connections up at one time. More search results that way.

So, selecting only DSL or higher does not actually mean you are downloading from DSL or higher users. I now select all and if I see a "T3" download going at 0.4 Kb/sec, I kill it and choose another.


p.s. I just saw stung4ever's post. That is also true, people can limit (lower to 25% of available bandwidth) upload speed. Maybe it keeps more bandwidth speed available for downloads. Or maybe they just think that it does. I'm not sure how that works.

The above post is mine - don;t know why its listed as from a guest

LimeWire under Mac OS 9.x and below will not become an ultrapeer regardless of connection speed; OS X can become an ultrapeer though.