Have been a limewire user for well over a year, but since moving home and reconnecting, my download speeds have been soooo slooooow!

Managed to 'port-forward' today! And got rid of that brick wall - great I thought.....but no still can't get anything other that very slow downloads.

I've tested my download speed and its really good - can anybody help!!!

System details - help us to help you Please.

Cut n paste these Questions,put your answers in bold text Thank You.

Recently there's been a problem with people not providing enough details about their setup - despite being asked again & again.
So let's make it easy for everyone...the details that we need if we're going to be able to help with complex problems are:

1. what OS version? (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista)
2. What firewalls you have ?
3. How much ram ?
4. Hard Disk space available ?
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) ?
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers ?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.) ?
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.?
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ?
10. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ?
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
12. Is this your 1st try at LW, or is this a new problem with an experienced user.?
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ?
14. Have you given full permisions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ?
15. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.?

These are all contained within the sticky Connection problems? Check here first!
but possibly some people are getting a bit confused or lost when we direct them to this sticky & ask them to provide their details.

This information can be vital
For instance, some ISPs are known for blocking p2p/throttling bandwidth,
some connection devices are known for being unreliable in certain situations.

So please, help us to help you & provide as much info as you can.
If you're new to LW or new to computers & aren't sure how to answer some questions,
or don't know what an ISP or router is - just say so. Nobody's going to yell at you:wink:
Even if you can't answer all the questions in one go...don't worry. Do the best you can & we'll take it from there.
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Here's my answers!

1. what OS version? (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista) Windows XP
2. What firewalls you have ? McAfee Firewall
3. How much ram ? 1 GB
4. Hard Disk space available ? 40GB
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? BT HomeHub
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.) House
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.? Limewire 4.12.11 Java 1.5.0_04
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ? BT
10. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ? Says 'Your test worked'
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. None
12. Is this your 1st try at LW, or is this a new problem with an experienced user.? I've been using LW for over a year, these problems I've first encoutered when moving house and going with a new Broadband provider. I've scanned the forums, and thought port-forwarding might solve the slowness - but it didn't. (Got rid of the brick wall though!)
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ? Not currently
14. Have you given full permisions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ? Yes - seem to remember this was requested during set up....could be wrong?
15. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.? Ummm - don't understand this question...sorry


Your help is appeciated!

Old Slow Hand Hi.

BT has a fair user policy, So P2P is not working from 6pm to 11pm I think.
If you have many large avi files to D/L try letting them D/L overnight, or set it to run while your at work.
Click on this blue link, it will open on Bt Hub page to configure it for L/W.
PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

XP firewall on or off.?
Go Start/Control Pannel/Security Centre/Windows Firewall,& turn off XP F/W, 2 firewalls active at the same time may conflict.

Update your java its a little old.
Now! Go to,
START/Set Program Access/Change or Remove Programs,
now completely remove all versions of java.
Re BOOT Your computer NOW.

Now! Use this Link to get (jre-6u1-windows-i586-p-iftw.exe) Use the off line installer, NOT the (recommended) one,
Java SE Downloads
When Download is completed.
Disconnect from internet, close ALL apps n reinstall java.
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Thanks - much appreciated!!!

Slow Hand Hi
Some people are having problems with the new java jre-6u1 update So if you have problems Use this link to get jre 1.5.11
Its the fith one down.
Java SE Downloads - Previous Release - JDK 5
Peace.

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hi, i have limewire pro 4.12, my windows xp firewall is turned off. and when i first installed limewire it was working fine like a week ago. no brick wall and faster than ever. now my search results are limited, it flucuates from turbo charged to fair connection and back and forth. i have uninstalled JDK 6 update to 5.11 and back and forth nothing works. when something does download it doesnt go faster than 1kb/s and i have cable/dsl. everything else works fine. i dont understand why all of a sudden a week later it is sooo slow and wont have the full search results. i have even tryied tampering with tools/options/ .........please someone tell me what is going on.

System details - help us to help you Please.

Cut n paste these Questions,put your answers in bold text Thank You.

Recently there's been a problem with people not providing enough details about their setup - despite being asked again & again.
So let's make it easy for everyone...the details that we need if we're going to be able to help with complex problems are:

1. what OS version? (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista)
2. What firewalls you have ?
3. How much ram ?
4. Hard Disk space available ?
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) ?
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers ?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.) ?
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.?
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ?
10. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ?
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
12. Is this your 1st try at LW, or is this a new problem with an experienced user.?
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ?
14. Have you given full permisions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ?
15. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.?

These are all contained within the sticky Connection problems? Check here first!
but possibly some people are getting a bit confused or lost when we direct them to this sticky & ask them to provide their details.

This information can be vital
For instance, some ISPs are known for blocking p2p/throttling bandwidth,
some connection devices are known for being unreliable in certain situations.

So please, help us to help you & provide as much info as you can.
If you're new to LW or new to computers & aren't sure how to answer some questions,
or don't know what an ISP or router is - just say so. Nobody's going to yell at you:wink:
Even if you can't answer all the questions in one go...don't worry. Do the best you can & we'll take it from there.
__________________
Peace.

__________________
mickjapa108

1. what OS version? (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista)? XP
2. What firewalls you have ? windows and its off!
3. How much ram ? 256mb
4. Hard Disk space available ? 5 GB/ i have 40gb external if needed!
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) ? cable/dsl
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers ? dynex dx-e201 cardbus #2(network card!!) no modem or router. node id = 001346 37182B, s/n = ZA02B66505760
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.) ? house
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.? 4.12.6 Pro/ JDK is 5.11 but it was 6.1 update. i switched it bc it says up above so i thought i would try it. i did this yesterday. still nothing
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ? i think its a local called HOME dont know but it was working before.
10. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ? it says your test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. no
12. Is this your 1st try at LW, or is this a new problem with an experienced user.? new problem, i have been using limewire for many years now
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ? no
14. Have you given full permisions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ? yes
15. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.? off right now, it doesnt make a difference though i turn it on and it does the same thing.
im including a pic of what i see
http://a344.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...c699d38217.jpg

i dont understand whats wrong. it just all of a sudden started acting like this. a week before it was fast downloads and turbo connection. now it goes back and forth from turbo to fair and from 0 kb/s to 2 kb/s. everything else works/ my webcam, messenger, everything???

angel Hi.
JDK java is not correct, You should use the JRE 5.11 or even JRE 1.6 not the
JRE 1.6.u1 it has issues.
If you paid for Pro less than 6 months ago, I would Download 4.13 beta Pro
also, Now before your subscription runs out.

Chat is fixed in the new beta, so even if you don't want to install it now, Get
it & store all your L/W installers in a folder, Then you can always GO back to
an older version, anytime you choose.

Sounds like things have become jumbled. Lets try a clean up.

Follow these instructions exactly.
So, you need to Go, Start/All Programs/LimeWire n Uninstall all L/W versions.
Do Not Uninstall From Change or Remove Programs.
Re BOOT Your computer NOW.

Now Go to, Start/Search/click on all files n folders/more advanced options/
& make sure, case sensitive, is not ticked. (all other boxes should be ticked)
Now!!, Put limewire in box, (all or part of file name) & click search.
Delete everything found, including Prefetch folder, (I mean everything)
Re BOOT Your computer NOW.

Now! Go to,
START/Set Program Access/Change or Remove Programs,
now completely remove all versions of java.
Re BOOT Your computer NOW.

Now! Use this Link to get jre-5.11 Use the off line installer, NOT the (recommended) one,
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads...jdk5.jsp...ITS the 5th one down.
When Download is completed.
Disconnect from internet, close ALL apps n reinstall java.

OH!!! Angel Turn your XP firewall on & restart your computer before you install L/W, then Give access when L/W applies.

Now!! Use this link to download latest L/W version using the off line installer
LimeWire
If you need help, Shout, If it fixed your problem or not, Feedback helps others.
Peace

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