Configuring for faster downloads?

Hello everyone.

Please bear with me, as I am new to all this & this is my first post. I have been reading everything I can in order to get this up & running as best I can, but I still seem to be having problems downloading at any speed over 8KB/s for longer than a few seconds at a time, which means that I have been waiting to download some stuff for days on end. Sometimes the download section just does nothing at all, but the upload section looks like its on speed!!

I have a 3.2ghz HyperThreading 160gb hard drive with 512mb ram Dell PC.

I'm running Limewire Pro 4.4.0 on a 1mg connection with a 1152 kbps downstream speed & a 288 kbps upstream speed & a fast latency? (I checked my router settings). I have a Voyager 205 router & I believe that I have configured both the router (I have given myself a static IP & put NAT rule to use 6346) & the windows firewall (XP) to use the 6346 port. Limewire also listens on this port (should I change this port?).

I have followed all instructions that I've found in the forum & so I have managed to allow other users to direct connect to me & upload at speeds up to 10 - 13KB/s for the short time it seems it takes them to upload. I have set the upload bandwidth to 27.12KB/s with max uploads at 3 & slots at 10, and the download bandwidth to unlimited 100% with max downloads at 20. I show only 4* results & only speeds over cable/DSL or over. I don't use the resume/find sources button & instead stop the download & search again. In fact, as far as I can tell, I'm doing everything I should but I'm frustrated at the fact that I don't seem to be able to download as quick as other people can upload. Is there something else I can do?

Also, Limewire seems to disconnect frequently even though I have PRO which is supposed to be Turbo Charged all the time. Do you think that it's my ISP or Limewire?

Sorry to have gone on a bit, but I have tried but I still feel that there is something I've missed.

Can anyone help?

Have I given enough, or too much info?

when you do your searches next to the quality there is this #.
under # there may be a number. The higher the number the better chance of a successful d/l. This number represents how many hosts are sharing the file.

It also depends on the host u/l speed. If your on broadband and they are dialup. The host has a slower u/l speed than your d/l speed.

If there are few hosts sharing this file, and they disconnect. You will lose your sources for the d/l, and will have to wait until they connect again or LW to find another source before the d/l can continue.

Hope this helps

Thanks for replying.

I do do the # thing. I always make sure that I sort so that they're in order of how many sources there are & then download from the most, or if there's not much difference, by the download speed.

I've been reading the all forums & I think I'm just expecting too much although I have seen other people who say that they have downloaded at 60KB/s & download a 700Mb film in one day?? Does this happen? Ever?

If it does, I wan't to know how!!!

On a different note, does it help or hinder dowload speeds if you allow ultrapeer capabilities? I have tried to be as altruistic as possible by converting my cd collection into mp3's & allowing access to all of this. I am currently sharing 736 files.

If becoming an ultrapeer will help other people without compromising my downloads, I'm happy to do it. (That didn't sound too selfish did it?)

Thanks for taking the time to help :-)

I'm not to sure about the UP capabilities, and how effects other modes of operation in LW. Some one else would be able to answer that question better than I.

Yes it does happen. I have hit d/l speeds of 120+ KB/s. Mostly when the # is 40+. My LW speed connection is T-1 though.

This link has a good tip in it, and may be of help: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=33425