Gnutella Forums - Arrgh!!! Slow Downloads Driving Me Crazy

Righto,

This is my second thread on this - I received some good advice in the first but that doesn't seem to have resolved the issue - that advice by the way was checking Port Forwarding which I did and apparently my Router Modem already has the UPnP allowed by default.

The issue is that I'm only getting 1-3KB/s downloads with LW 4.12 Pro whereas previously with LW 4.10 Pro and a Wireless Modem/Router is was getting 20-80KB/s.

Anyways, so I checked the help topics and they advise starting a thread and giving a bunch of info. So here it is and apologies in advance for the length as I don't want to miss anything and I'm a bit thick when it comes to PC type stuff (read on and you'll see what I mean) - this is a very frustrating problem!!:

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1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)

Windows XP

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2. What firewalls you have?

Zone Alarm

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3. How much ram?

448

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4. Hard Disk space available?

C: 12.4GB and D:38GB

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5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)

Broadband / DSL

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6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?

Speed T_ouch 546

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7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?

Home

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8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.

LW = 4.12 Pro and Java 1.5.0_06

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9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?

Errm, not sure to be honest?

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10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?

'Your test worked!'

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11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.

Nope.

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12. Is this a your 1st try at FW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.

Well I'm not what you'd call an experienced user as I'm a bit thick when it comes to PC's and stuff as i said earlier - But I've previously had/run LW with no probs

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13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of FW's interface?

Yes

Other info...

My Speed Test gives a consistent 850kbps and I tried downloading a "magnet link" from www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml and it was the same effect - 1-3KB/s