Limewire is really slow, even if i download from multiple users on
the same
> cable/dsl speed as me the speeds still hover under the 10KB/s mark
and for my
> connection that is way below average. My connection is 2.2mbps
broadband. I
> should be having blisteringly fast speeds so whats up? I think it
could be to
> do with the fact im running windows xp sp2 and its some way limiting
my p2p
> application. So how can i configure windows to allow Limewire to
function at
> optimum level? This could also be why my limewire connection times
out after
> a while. I dont have the windows firewall turned on but norton 2005
firewall
> is, however i did allow it to except limewire on all ports. So what
can i do
> to optimise my speed?
>
> Also, the preview function in limewire is useless to me because
whenever i
> preview large files like 300Mb+ (video) Windows says it needs codecs
to play
> it even though once its downloaded it plays fine?? This is a nuisance
because
> i cannot check whether the file i want is corrupt or not. I must have
the
> right codecs otherwise the file wouldnt play once it had been
downloaded
> right?
>
> Thanks for your help, edd"

Just to update anyone who wants to help me (PLEASE!! MODERATORS/EXPERTS)!!, I ran the bug report and it came back true! Also i am an ultrapeer, do i need to configure my symantec norton 2005 firewall to accept the port 6346?? If so, could someone provide a link or tell me how i could do this?

I believe i should be getting speeds of about 200KB/s+ with my DSL 2.2mbps connection and i ran that movie from that link which downloaded at around 175KB/s

i don't have any answers for you as i'm in the same situation. my cable modem is faster than yours, i get 260-350 on the film download test, limeware usually shows me 'turbocharged' ... i've read and tweaked until i think i'll go mad - and d/ls slow to a crawl of 0-1 a lot of the time.

i had =one= dl last night that was about 220 and nearly fainted. the fastest before then was around 40 - most typical is in the 3-15 range. i'm flummoxed.

have had limewire for 3 days and used it a lot trying to make it work, but clearly, it's not useable this way.

uploads are even worse. i see struggles of 1-5 - and lots of stalling out at 0. i changed settings to allow only 2 at a time hoping that might help.

don't know what else to do/try.

sorry to piggyback on your post, but am hoping we might both benefit from those more knowledgeable about limewire.

I see, the biggest download ive had is about 40KB/s and then after about a week it went down to 20KB/s and now ill be lucky if the speeds go above 10 even sometimes 5KB/s.

Example, last night i was downloading a cable/dsl file that was around 400MB (video) from *9* users/hosts and the speed was bewtween 5 - 10KB/s

On your downld window do you have vendor/version column listed. If not, right-click the top of the column bar & select this view option. Then see which program you're downlding from. The reason I ask is that many videos come from Shareaza (RAZA) users. These users often (not always) only offer pitiful upload speeds to others (this is because they also work on another network where they can only downld as fast as they can upld.) At times they might only offer between 0.1 to 2 KB/s.

From what you have told me, you definitely should be getting better speeds. It's either due to the sources or perhaps something as you suggested. You have Win XP SP2 right? Did you apply the patch for SP2 which corrects the no. of threads available for net use? I believe there's a M$ one but there's also a couple of 3rd party ones. See the top of my post here for links SP2 patches (click on link) With any luck that might help.

Hi thanks for getting back to me, sorry if ive been too persistant/annoying its just that ive had this for weeks now and ive failed to find any solution elsewhere on the forum.

I looked at the vendor (I had to research for the file because it finally downloaded after about a week lol today) and the vendor was LIME.

I dont think i have that SP2 patch - what does it do - could it significantly help access from the port to the internet?? Ill look at it now and get back to you

Thanks again

Hi, patches havent really made a difference, downloaded third party link patch and microsoft official one and no difference so far, might just be the download though.

Anything else you can think of anyone?

The patch is supposed to increase the limit SP2 allows for internet connections.

Have a look at the following post & check out the different hints & extra downld skills: To continue files downlding (click on link) Varying your technique may help. Re-searching the topic can help to refresh the sources, etc. As can also cancelling & reselecting to downld.

I rang my ISP, PlusNet to see if they in some way are filtering the port 6346 and they said they weren't. Apparently they do block/filter 3 ports but 6346 isnt one of them. However they said that they do limit bandwidth to the p2p ports because apparently they slow down the network which could be why. In which case there's nothing i can do, cant afford 21.99 a month for premier. Could you investigate PlusNet for me somehow, i know you did that for another user, (my package is Broadband Plus 14.99/month 2mb) and see of they are indeed filtering or blocking anything. I followed your tips, tried different downloads and speeds much the same, sluggish under 10KB/s.

If that comes back fine then i could try reinstalling SP1 (not sure how to do that though).

Ive tried putting different ports in, (80, and the others you said in a post somewhere on a forum) and nothing changed...

Alternatively, do you know any broadband packages around the same price as mine which dont operate on a bandwidth - limiting network/system and instead cater to users/customers who download large files a lot.

I really appreciate your help