Hello, I am new to this forum thing. Forgive me if i post in the wrong area or if doesn't belong. I use lw mainly to find import music which i then dl and will actually then purchase the cd off amazon if i like the group (not always). Is there a way to maximize connections to p2p in european countries. I tried switching languages to german so i could find the groups i am interested in but, didn't seem to help. Plus I don't speak german. I am totally clueless when it comes to ports? and stuff. I am guessing a port is like a 'path' to a destination? Also, after reading many posts my d/l speed is 4810 and u/l speed is 487. So I have my lw settings as follows: simultaneous d/l @ 26, d/l spped @ 43.31, u/l spped @ 32.81 with 1 slot. Bit torrent max u/l is at 6 with min at 4. My max searches is at 25. Is this good? Thanks and sorry if this sounds stupid.

A couple of ways to maximize connections to certain countries is to manage your Ultrapeers in the Connections pane, and be online during that country's "prime time."

Prime time is usually weekends and early in the evening. So European users will be more likely to be online 4-7 hours earlier than N. Americans

Use LW's view menu to trun on the "Connections" pane to see the list of Ultrapeers. Look closely at the Hosts column, and after a while you'll see the IP often resolve to a domain name. Try deleting the domains near you , and just keep the domains with european domains, like the .de for Germany, or .nl for the Netherlands. You can sometimes browse hosts from the connections pane, so that may help you see what files may be available in those areas.

This probably won't make much difference, but it can be fun to try . Gnutella searches can get to most of the network no matter where you are, so it's more important to find the right search terms.

cheers