cant get a good connection

[freeboy1]

Hi
My friends are recommending Limewire , as i have seen that the downloading speed reach up to 300 kb , and this is amazing, so i went home and download the program , but the speed is 9kbs , and alot of times i download something and it say need more sourses, although i try to download alot of results.
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME , I DON'T KNOW IF HAVING A ROUTER IS WHAT MAKE THE PROBLEM BUT HERES SOME INFO THAT MAT HELP:
1-I am using windows xp sp2
2-i don't have a firewall in the mahcine but i am using router and i have norten 2005 and i disables the worm thing on it .
3-ram is 1 GB
4-hard is 250
5-I am using a DSL 3 MB
6.The router is linksys WRT54G
7- i am using a wireless internet in my counter (laptop) and there is another pc connected directly to the router


thanks alot guys