Download Issues

[altimp]

For about a month now, I've been running into slow download speeds. It may be that LimeWire set a transfer limit, or not, but I pretty much cap out at 100 Kb/s even when downloading from 8 or more users. I have a 6.0 Mbps connection, so I'd think that I could recieve that speed although this is obviously not the case.

Can someone please let me know if there's something I can do about this problem, or will it always be this way?

Thanks alot
altimp

[Mikeraven]

I have the smae problem....

[malonn]

Me too, I have a 2.0 Mbps second connection and I peak at 25 - 30 Kb/s on most things. Sometimes, though not recently, songs will download at over 100Kb/s.

[GUID0]

Hi all, how can I find a song, from the Old Walking Tall movie of the 1970's, sung by Johnny Mathis? I'v looked all over, and can't find it. Thanks for your help. My Mom want this song..

[birdy]

altimp, Mikeraven & malonn,

Do you see the firewall icon (brick wall in front of the blue earth)?

Delete LW's preferences folder when LW's closed, points 2 & 3 here
Fixes for LimeWire (you'll have to go back & reset all of your preferences within Options afterwards)

Try downloading a file from here & see what speeds you get
http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

Who are your ISPs? Have you used other p2p apps & if so, do you have the same sort of speeds?

Have a look through this thread, it's got some good tips for setting up LW for best performance
Configuring LW for best performance

[altimp]

I did not see a .limewire preferences folder, but I did try and download one of those MagnetMix files. I was getting 615 Kb/s to 685 Kb/s while downloading from them, does that mean that people I've been previously downloading from just have slower connections than what they have listed? If so that would explain the slow download speeds.

I will try downloading from several users to see if I get different results, if users have been lying about their connection speeds I'l be able to find out by trying different files from different users.

[birdy]

Downloading a file from Magnetmix is a bit of a test, if you get snail speed there too then it can point to an ISP shaping bandwidth. Sounds like your speeds were pretty good!
Your prefs are probably here:
C:\Documents and Settings\your name\Application Data\LimeWire. It's a hidden folder, so you'll have to show hidden files & folders to see it!

Have you been through the link about configuring LW for best performance? It's worth a try.