Hi,

For a while now i've had problems with download speeds on limewire, getting no more than 8kb/s on any downloads. I had a 567Kb connection until yesterday when it was upgraded to a 2Mb connection, so i thought that might make my downloads faster but it didn't

I have windows XP home edition
the windows firewall is enabled
896MB of RAM
16.2GB of space available on my hard disk
2MB broadband connection
a netgear router (don't know model)
I am connecting from a home computer which has a network of 3 computers which all use limewire
Limewire version = 4.9.30
Java version = 1.5.0_04
My ISP provider is a local company called Manx Telecom
The 'http://www3.limewire.com:6346/' test works fine for me
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showt...3757#post103757 says 'True'
And on a speed test i have got 1.6 megabits per second

I hope somebody can help me

anybody?

i am in the exact same situation as i live within a 10minute walk although i have tried a lot of different solutions ive found around these forums with little luck. I've tryed turning my windows firewall off, changing ports IP's etc etc still no luck
Although my ISP is manx telecom i connect to the net via tiscali and ive read on these forums that could cause problems but i haven't read any solutions anywhere other than changing isp but im not sure if its the same problem as my isp is actually manx telecom...
HELPPPP PLEASE!!!!

You might find it's not your connections...you can only download from a source as fast as the source has set...they may have lowered the upload bandwitdh to stop their own resources from being used up?
I know if i'm downloading a file and someone tries to upload from me,my download time/file transfer rate changes dramaticaly.

well thats what i thought but all of my downloads hardly ever go above 8Kb/s even when there no1 is uploading from me.
Its just frustrating waiting 1 or 2 days for a file that should only take 1 or 2 minutes with a broadband connection.

What is your download bandwidth set at? I know that i sometimes have trouble downloading items (not movies or music hardley bother with them),It's varies, from one source it'll download at 1-2kbs and from another it'll download at 30-50kbs
I myself have waited days upon end while a file downloads at 1kbs only to have the source go off line after about 20 mins everytime....OR the worst one...get to 99% and they stop sharing the file and kill the download,believe me this has happened once or twice!

download bandwidth is set at unlimited atm.