Hi.
I'm using Bearshare 5.1.0b25 with Vista and I have broadband internet.
I'm manually adjusting the system date.
In the beginning it used to shut down, but it was working fine, till a couple days ago.

I noticed less and less download connections and search resuts. Now I hardly have any downloads at all I always have two Ultrapeers connected and the "Horizon In/Out" number mostly says something between 20000 and 110000 or so.

But the number on the bottom right corner, right to the globe icon suddenly just says "1"??? It used to say like "130000" or more. I think it's called the heartbeat.

Does anybody have an idea?

Thanks!

Greetings from Austria, EUROPE

Christoph

See if this helps http://www.gnutellaforums.com/open-d...a-network.html

You choose not to use the BearStart Utility to change the computer clock back for a few seconds as BearShare is opening? Or does it not function properly on Vista?

Hi..i am trying to search music but the programs fails to finish connecting..I have amessage that the program hant finished connecting but it never finishes so i am stuck and cannt do anythign..I DO NOT have a firewall and has no history of firewalls... I went into the prompts incase it was a firewall but it isnt. everything is well set up....can someone help me with this? thank you

Dolores: If it has been a long time since you last used it then unzipping this into
C:\Program Files\BearShare\db might help: http://www3.telus.net/Aaron_Walkhouse/connect.zip
BearShare has to be shut down when you do it.

Christoph: The heartbeat server probably crashed. It doesn't matter.
Since you have b25, go to Setup/Service and do this:

Leave it in ultrapeer mode for a while and your performance will improve.
Once you start some downloads, if the speeds seem to be sluggish, reverse those settings.

Thank you Aaron...for your prompt reply..excuse mylackof knowledge but what do I have to do..double click the link you sent me? what I am exactly doing? what is Bearshare? a program? i dont have it.
While you answer I will double click thatlink and see what happens.
Thanks a lot.

Save the file, then double-click it.
Use whatever program opens it to extract the files inside to the /db/ folder.
It will ask if you want to replace the existing files, so answer Yes.

Start BearShare and it should connect pretty quickly.

Hi Aaron..the program I use to download freemusic is Limewire...is bearshare the same? i can use that one then..I didnt dar download a program I dont know its origin// I suscribed to this gnutella forum becasue apaprently Limwire uses Gnutella network..just repeating what I read because I dont understand what Gnutella is..etc thanks again

Both use gnutella, but the corresponding file for LimeWire is different and goes in a
different spot. Info and downloads on that one are here: Sticky: Can't Connect? Try Gnutella.net file here

Aaron thanks for your help! I will try that!

Hi Aaron

THANKLS BUT i GOT A MESSAGE THAT LIMEWIRE HAS BANNED MY IP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO U KNOW W H Y ??

I HAVE LINEWIRE PRO 4

nevertheless thanks for your help...