Limewire keeps changing its mind!
 

Hey i have used limewire 4 bout 2 years now and recently the connection went really slow not exceeding 3kb/s! i looked on your other threads and i have changed all my firewall settings n' tht and it worked for a bit the wall came off the globe. but now limewire keeps changing the port numbers and the globe gets the wall again but comes off sometimes. i dont understand! i have 1meg broardband and the usal download speed is about 10-30kb/s i am getting really impatient here!

Please help!!!! i have no idea what to do!

thanks in advance

My LW's a bit possessed too... changes it's listening port sometimes:(

What are your details?

OS(Win XP etc)
LW & Java version (help > about LW & you'll see)
Firewall you're using
Modem/router brand & model
ISP
Connection type (DSL etc)
Where you connect from (home, school etc)
Are you sharing a connection with other computers
Is this your first try with LW

How have you got your firewall config (within LW's options) set... are you using UPnP or port forwarding?

I am using windows Xp
limewire 4.10.9
3com 11g router
my isp is manx telecom (isle of man, uk)
i have no idea the connection type
i am connecting from home and yes there is other people sharing the connection but tht aint usually a prob
i have configured the router to the ports in limewire
when i 1st did it it worked all dandy but it aint working now
this is driving me insane!
thankyou for the quick reply btw

Have you tried deleting the preferences folder? Do this with LW closed. You'll have to go through & reset all your options afterwards so if there are settings you're not sure of... make a note of them first. Instructions below
Fixes for LimeWire

ok done it all do i just open up limewire now?

Yeah, just restart LW & see how it goes for a while. I don't know that reconfiguring your router would do much but I'm a bit clueless with routers!
If it still changes on you, post back & someone here will be able to help you out;)

Does your router have UPnP enabled? If not, have you manually port forwarded? Manually port forwarding will keep the listening port consistent.

cool the wall has came off the globe! thanks a bunch birdy!
all my dowlnloads have restarted back to 0 is tht expected? i thought all the download details were handled in the downloads.dat and .bak? ah well small price to pay for faster downloads

THANKYOU!

yes i did enable the uPnP for my router tht did help before for a little bit

Hang on I was a bit premature there. That's great if it fixes your port changing problem but as for your slow speeds... looks like Manx might be using traffic shaping. This will cause your speeds to drop. This article has no date, which is really helpful, but it suggests that this is what's happening
http://www.dyband.com/documents/CaseStudy-Mannet.pdf

There was an article too from 2004 that mentioned Manx using Sandvine, which is a package for p2p control. You might just want to give them a call & ask them whether they are employing traffic shaping & if so, whether it's just at certain times of day. Some ISPs only do this during their "peak" times.

:)