Nothing much other than an ethernet connection system to connect the DSL connection between my com and another.

Shoot... I knew the UPnP might have been a problem. Do you think there might be another solution, possibly Port Triggering?

First let me again remind you LOTR that I appreciate your continuing help and research in this matter, and thanks Queen for the suggestion, I will check that out.

I was a bit shocked at the first test results also, I have never had such low d/l results. I was wondering if it showed so slowly due to the test sites location, I am under the impression that it is not a U.S. site...and then again, that may not have a thing to do with it. I am going to run that test again and see if there is a substantial difference, I'll let you know what I find out.

I have this computer and one other run through my router, both are home use and use the same OS.

As to the age of the modem and router...not really sure. The modem was provided by my ISP and the router was given to me by a friend but I think it is only a couple of years old.

Ok, made a little progress here. I took my router out of the equation (disconnected it) and went straight from the comp to the modem. I now see that I have a reading of 'true' in my bug report under 'incoming this session', so at least we know where that problem is coming from. The bad news is that I still didn't get a d/l speed over 1 Kbps. Oh I also noticed that someone was uploading from me, which is something else that has not happened since my trouble began so I suppose that the router was messing that up to.

I re ran the ADSL test but had similar results to the last test; actually a bit worse this time but I realize that the results are never the same.

I also did another virus / trojan scan, came out clean. I then deleted some older stuff on the comp, giving me another 15 gigs (yes gigs lol) of free HDD space. Defragged again, ran spy bot, Ad aware and cleaned my registry.

Hmm I just remembered, I don't think I have tried using the older version of JAVA....think I should give it a go?
I am going to leave the other computer off and keep the router out of the equation until we are able to find a solution to the problems I am having without it. Once these are worked out I will work on the router.

Yep it looks like port forwarding will be needed for your router. If you use LW on both then you'll need to forward a different port number. 2 computers can't use the same port for same program.

I am surprised about the issue still not being solved once the router was taken out. You're using cable which I believe can be affected by local users (ie: peak time use.) But that doesn't explain the very slow speeds. I would recommend you do your tests for LW using the magnet links Stief recommended. Those have very fast sources.

As for speed tests, yes they can be affected by many things including how many people are using the same test simultaneously, the location, etc. But the link I gave you does give option to try speed tests from different locations.

I tried the magnet link again, same result; wouldn't go above 1 kb. I also tried the older version of Java..no help there (installed them after saving to the comp as opposed to running from the download). The files I am trying to download (audio) are coming from at least 5 users with cable or higher connections. Is there a screenshot of anything in my prefs or bug reports that could help determine the problem? Let me know if there is and I will post whatever is needed.

Try another port within LW. Try a very high port or very low one. Try port 3500, port 20282 & port 80 to see if this makes any difference. Go to Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & change the port no.

I think you can copy paste the bug report. But be careful to keep out personal info like your isp address.

Well I have the same problem as you guys.. last week download speed cranking along reasonable dsl download speed and today... HORROR..a measley 1kbs.. i searched forum for an answers and tried to change proxy etc but no luck.. so I rang my ISP and there was the problem.. I have exceeded my download limit... I may be the only one here who has a limited download but it may also apply to some of you gus out there too

I too have removed my router and replaced it with my ADSL modem, apparently that does not work with me either.

QueenIria what types of speeds did you get with the magnet links that Stief refered to? Have a very close read thru this thread & try out all the ideas suggested. Also check your line speeds with speed tests. May I ask which ISP Provider you go thru. Some isp's are known to filter or block Limewire or p2p use after they detect you using large amounts of bandwidth. Some isp's filter but never admit to it. Why would they admit to secretly limiting your uses of your service that you pay for without having warned you. Let's 1st find out if there's other reasons for the slow downs.

Pleased to say I solved my slow download problem.

I thought back to what I was doing when the problem started to happen. I've seen it mentioned in another thread and I don't know how significant it is, but the night my problems started I had had to re-install I-Tunes.

So I used the Nortons firewall to block I-Tunes from accessing the net and then re-installed LW and now it's back to downloading at the speeds I was running at last week.

Maybe a coincidence, but worth sharing I thought.