Hi,

Yet again my download speed has dropped. I have noticed the following;

When I originally click to download a file it starts off really well (about 40kbs). then as it gradually starts slowing down (30kbs then 25kbs then 9kbs etc) right up untill it hits 1 or 2kbs, and that is where it stays.

This has happened on all the files (over 20) I have tried downloading this week (and last week).

At the moment and 99% of cases limewire is connected to 10 hosts with the file, but its only downloading @ 2kbs!

Does this mean 1 host is giving me 2kbs and the other 9 zero?

Please help, its doing my nut it!

Cheers

Marc

PS. I have tried everything recommended on this forum INC.
- Configuring my firewall
- Changing my LW port
- Doing the test: Bug Report instructions & sample image...

Yea crawler, a LOT of us limewire users are having the same problem... and so far, they try to blame it on the ISPs.

It more than likely is your ISP, I have cable unlimited and now I've reached a certain point their shaping my kpbs for the rest of the month, I was downloading at 60-200 kbs and now it may start at 20kbs but ends up at 1-2kbs and then 0kbs. So I reckon its your ISP...

I have just phoned my ISP and they confirmed that for so called 'security reasons' they are blocking ports thus giving me extremly slow downloads with p2p.

I visited http://probe.hackerwatch.org/probe/probe.asp
and this says port 80 and 443 are open.

80 was working fine a month ago but not any more and 443 doesn't seem to make any difference.

I am British but currently live in the **** whole country of Cyprus...(which in the 21st Century only has 1 internet provider) so it seems i am completely f***ed!

thanks for all your help anyways

Example of how a p2p bandwidth shaper can work against Gnutella: Bandwidth Shaper Sample - typical of how some ISP's use it (click on link) ie: giving priority to net surfing & low priorities to p2p sharing.

There's lots more ports you could try. But I did read some time back more & more european isp's were considering going into the area of p2p filtering/blocking. Some other ports to try 1111, 3500, 4008, 1203, 10000, 15189, 20282, 22817, 34599, 40475, 8360, 19515, 20285, 22091, 25079, 26394, 33049, 42628.

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yeah thanks lord of the rings but i have tried all those ports before, with no luck.

the reason why i went to http://probe.hackerwatch.org/probe/probe.asp
was to see if there were anymore ports anyone had missed, but the scan stops at 443, doesn't seem to go up into the 5 figure ports you mention.

Last alternative I can think of then is A Fix for those whose ISP's block Limewire pages 1 - 3 which have links to alternative instructions & types of proxies. And if these links aren't included (I can't remember) then see:
Another Insight proxy solution

http proxies

A Successful http Proxy Solution

But I should warn about proxies, that you need to try many before you'll find one that works .. so don't give up at just one ... you need to keep experimenting & trying different no.'s. At least, that's the feedback I've received. And even after success, you may need to change the proxy after a time.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR