This started happening to me in 2.5.x, then 2.6.5, now 2.7.3...

Most of the time, when I start up LimeWire, I get the standard 4 connections (default). Once in while, though, like right now, LimeWire has decided to give me 100+ connections, and no signs of stopping! I've got 7 UltraPeers, and the rest are Leaf Nodes... the UltraPeers are all LimeWire except for one Morpheus node.

What gives?! I'm on a DSL line, but with that many connections, my ISP (Earthlink) freaks out and assigns me a new dynamic IP address sometimes three times in one day, and using my Linux firewall box, I have to manually type in my forwarding IP address so people can connect to me, so the dump is a pain.

Anyone else with these probs?

OS X 10.1.5 running LW 2.7.3 with 768MB RAM on a 1500/384 DSL line...

Disable Ultrapeer Capabilities in the Options, under Speed.

That much was obvious. What I don't get is, why does it do this? Granted, I haven't studied the intricacies of the Gnutella protocol as run by LimeWire, but it seems odd that some days I get hundreds of connections bogging me down, then, like today, I have a hard time keeping 3 UltraPeer nodes connected.

Thanks, though, for the hint, but it seems like disabling UltraPeer is hurting the network to help myself, and that's not the way we're supposed to be thinking, is it?