My limewire works fine..but the download speed is damn slow...about 8-10kb/s....it also says there is a firewall...

I have window xp,wireless connection, 256 mb ram, and the only firewall that i am aware is built into XP..which is disabled i think.

anyone know how to fix this?

(1) Your router may have a built-in firewall.

(2) Your ISP may be firewalling you upstream.

(3) Before version 4.9.27 or so, there was a bug in UltraPeers that caused leaves to often incorrectly believe that they were firewalled. Make sure at least one of your ultrapeers is LW 4.9.30 or later. (Between 4.9.26 and 4.9.30, a variety of ultrapeer bugs were fixed.) Do this by making your "Connections" tab visible. (Go to View => Show/Hide => Connections). Look at the Vendor/Version column of the Connections tab. When you right-click on one of your ultrapeers and select "Remove", LW will drop its connection to that ultrapeer and look for an ultrapeer to relpace it. Only remove one ultrapeer at a time, and wait until the ultrapeer is replaced before removing any other ultrapeers. Keep doing this until you have at least one ultrapeer that is LimeWire 4.9.30 or later.

A little mor info would help.

Can you give us a total description of your set up:
1. OS version? (Eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (Eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your ISP provider?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

* Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other. http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

12. Do This test, Is the result True/False?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...757#post103757 Is the result True/False

13. Do a speed test post the results here.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

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