once in a blue a search will actually work and then downloading works good, but most of the time it just says Searching... forever. even with searches that returned many results before. any suggestions?

I've noticed that several people have asked this and no one has answered. I am having the same problem and wonder if someone who knows what is going on mighr post some help for us

The Gnutella network is having a lot of problems. If you're interested, http://dss.clip2.com/gnutella.html explains the problems in detail.

I would go farther and say that the problems in the essay are understated.

I consider myself a conscientious user who is very impressed by the IDEA of GnutellaNet. I investigated different clients (and found that Newtella and ToadNode are much faster and more responsive than the "official" 0.56 or Gnotella).

However, the GnutellaNet-at-large, which is what is studied in the report, is nearly useless as it exists now.

I have a DSL connection, and share about 1 GB of complete, quality songs and video. After trying for days, the success rate on my searches (that is, searches that return ANY hits) is only about 2 in 3. My success rate for downloads is atrocious. Less than 20% of attempted D/L's eventually complete. The great majority hang forever.

If anyone can point me to any usable GnutellaSubnets that recruit on the usenet groups for music and porn, I would be happy to trade quality files for membership.

Thothmes
I feel the same way as you about the Gnutella network. Searches are ok, but D/L success is downright horrible. Gnu-net is a great idea, but it needs a lot of work. If there is a way to actually get stuff to download, that would be great. Please let us know!