Speed issues

Ok..
here is my question. I can not get speeds over 0k/sec and sometimes, sometimes i hit 1k/sec. I am on a cable modem, and i checked to see if the port was blocked, even called my isp to ask about it, they said they dont block anything. Even with the free version i assume i could get better than 0k/sec.. i have the latest version, and im on mac OSX 10.3.2. the cable modem runs to a router, and split to three macs. Im on and Emac. I get fine speeds when d/ling from the web, ie.. Apples quicktime i get like 300k/sec. Any suggestions as to why limewire is so slow? I have tried connecting to various hosts, so its not a problem with looking for a host, it just never goes faster.
thank you

[stief]

Thanks for the nice clear post. You should get better speeds, though of course you are limited by the hosts serving the file.

Try this 2MB test picture (magnet; just a pic of some sailboats). You should be able to dl at up to 100KB/s http://www.magnetdb.com/viewtopic.php?t=16

Too, you could try a popular file, like "serial box."

Did you turn off Panther's firewall, set up the router's port-forwarding and check the "Force IP" preference in LimeWire?

What would i need to do with port forwarding? The panther Firewall is off, Force Ip is on, and i downlaoded the sailboat image just fine, and i retried serialbox, from multiple hosts, still only 0k/sec

[stief]

Did you get decent speeds for the sailboat pic? (odd--it didn't register as an upload on my machine, so maybe it came from elsewhere).

Anyway, port-forwarding will depend on the router brand that you use. Check out the model's web site for more info.

btw--If it's a Linksys, see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=23369
et voilà posted some good screenshots and instructions that should anticipate a few of your questions.

cheers

[tekora]

Okay, I tried all of the stuff here and got the sailboat at around 50 kb...finally got a couple of music files at that, too. Looks like I can't get above 50 kb anymore, but (a) that's not bad and (b) it's got to be whatever Comcast did that's allegedly making my internet connection so much faster (not).

So I guess for the files that won't go above 10 kb on a good day...it's just the host serving them?

[stief]

Could be my bandwidth was being used for other things when you tried, so you should be able to reach your limit with the right host. It really is tough to tell if slow downloads are because of the host (most common), handicapped user set up (quite common, with router/firewall settings), bugs in the code or ISP policies.

Just keep trying--glad to hear that at least you now know your setup can achieve 50KB/s. Sure beats modem connections!