I'm new to the forum so pardon any mistakes. I am running OSX 10.2.1 on a 100 dual G4 with a DSL. I've been using Limewire for a little over a year and love it. But when I got the newest version, I started having problems. I read some of the advice from the forum and went back to an earlier version -- that was an improvement. Then I decided to download and try the new "beta" version I saw on the web site. I followed some directions and "pushed" my ip address. Voila! Things were great -- I'd never had so much success "searching" and I had more uploads than ever. But I kept getting the prompt to upgrade to the "Pro" version. Since I had the "Pro" version of 2.9.10 I decided to go back and figured I could "push" my ip address and all would be great. But it hasn't worked. And btw -- I keep getting a notice that I my "client is a leaf node" when I go to "Monitor." Is that part of the problem. I suppose I could download the "beta" program again, but thought maybe somebody could offer some insight.

forcing your IP address has absolutely no effect whatsoever on your searches.

As the previous post indicates, the improvement in search outcomes is a result of the upgraded Limewire and has nothing to do with forcing your IP. That is necessary when you have to contend with the problem of a Firewall. Equally, the fact that you are running as a leaf and not as an ultrapeer is irrelevant. It simply indicates that you do not have a surplus of bandwidth available and are not on-line long and often enough to make it worth Gnutella's effort in designating you an ultrapper. And the prompt to upgrade to Pro is a standard part of the opening routine. When you see it, since you already have Pro, just click on Later. In short, nothing you have described is a problem that we can fix. Sorry about that because we just love to help.

Thanks -- I did some further reading in the forum on "ultrapeer" and "leaf" and think I understand it better.