How many connections should I have and is this affecting my download speed?
 

I am currently using LimeWire Pro 4.6.0 and seem to be only able to get 5 connections at a time (all UltraPeer). Is this normal? Is there some secret way of adding more connections? I am having VERY slow download speeds. I have searched through most of the threads here and tried to apply the suggested tweaks and seen little improvement in my download speeds. I am using Java 1.5.0. and I have tried deleting my LimeWire preferences directory.

Typically I will download 3 or 4 files at a time and get a culmative download speed of maybe 8 - 10 Kps for everything together. Ironically my uploads speeds usually average about 25 - 30 Kps for everything.

My hardware is intel P4 3200 with DSL connection (1.5 M downstream and 300 K upstream). I am running Windows XP SP2. I have tried turning the firewall on and off with no change in download speed.

Right now I am downloading a file that shows 71 4star users, LimeWire shows connected to 5 hosts and I have a total download speed of 2 - 4 Kps.

I upgrade to LimeWire Pro because it promised more active connections and better download speeds but so far I haven't seen any difference from the standard LimeWire.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

If a download has gone a bit off & slowed to 1 or 2 KB/s, then try selecting it on the downld window & pressing Stop button. Then re-select it from your search results & press download button. This can sometimes re-vitalise a downld. Do this every now & again & back it up the the occasional new search for sources. 5 connections is normal for Pro whereas Basic only gets 3. See: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34114
& also http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&pagenumber=20

In LW -- tools>options>downloads --- Maximum number of downloads ---- Try setting this say 40 -- 50 ---- click apply then okay.

This should allow more hosts to connect for your d/l.

LotR beat me to the button:D