Downloading slower on Vista?

[ArrJay]

I hope I'm in the right place and this hasn't been asked before, haha. If I'm not or it has, my apologies.

On my old home computer, Limewire was decent to quick - that was Windows XP. The more hosts you download from, the quicker it is. I know the drill. I'd be getting a couple hundred kb per second to several hundred off ten or so hosts.

When I got my new laptop things changed for the worse, which is odd as it's far superior to my old computer in regards to all the specs as well as connection which is about 9.5 Mb/s. On this new laptop which is Windows Vista (although I still don't know if that has anything to do with it) regardless of how many hosts I connect to be it 5 or 10 or 20, I still only get about 20-50 kb/s.

I use an older 4.9.37 version because I didn't update for awhile, and I really can't stand 5+'s design. I've tried switching to the most recent version to see if it makes a difference. However, the result is still the same.

As far as I know there's nothing like a firewall and what not hindering it, as I've checked all that.

My system details are as follows:

Windows Vista Home Service Pack 1. I am the Admin.

Firewall is Bullguard, but that's set to allow Limewire.

3G of RAM

151G of space available.

Connection type is T3 based off what I've read here.

I'm connecting wirelessly from my University.

Version is already stated.

I don't know who the University's ISP is.

Edit: Woops, I'm silly. The University's ISP is apparently itself >_>

My test indeed worked, lol

As far as I know this wireless connection is Ad hoc, although I've blocked
my computer from sharing with others.

I've used limewire in the past as stated previously.

There is no brick wall.

As far as I know UPnP is enabled.

I'm using Bullguard, but the firewall is set to allow LW

I am in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at Carleton University.

Like I said before, I went from XP to Vista. I've made everything the same in regards to settings etc unless something was changed that I wasn't aware of.


Help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[ArrJay]

Sorry for the double post and the bump despite the rules saying I shouldn't do that - but one week and no answer? I suppose my problem can't be fixed >____>

[Peerless]

you state a comparison between your old 'HOME COMPUTER' and your new computer USED AT A UNIVERSITY...

dunno....seems like something has obviously changed here...

[Lord of the Rings]

The ISP is the university. Many if not most schools & universities shape or block p2p sharing nowadays. School policy on these matters can change very quickly toward restriction or blocking without notice. They may be using a special p2p shaper to slow down p2p bandwidth. Here is an example of how one university deals with it Illinois Wesleyan: Internet Bandwidth Shaping shaping gnutella use so it does not steal too much of the university's bandwidth which they pay a lot of money for.

Something you should be aware of is ... LW 4.17 - LW 5 will not allow versions older than 4.14 to download from them. We normally recommend 4.16 for those who wish to use LW 4; LW 4 versions links. LW 4.16 can download from LW 5 & earlier LW 4 versions.

Try this version first, see how it behaves. If the same, then try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.)

What would have been good is to download from a magnet link from a website .. to see what speed you get. If slow, then that would suggest the university is shaping gnutella network sharing. However, Bitzi no longer seem to offer magnet links to download from as they used to. Their magnet links appear to be dead. However, there are other sites that do offer magnet link alternatives to download files. Question is to find one. Most websites will generally offer a very fast download speed, so if it's 'much' slower than via downloading with a browser, it suggests gnutella network shaping.