Updating LimeWire - What are the Pros & Cons ?

Magic25 · #11 (**permalink**) October 5th, 2007

Wondering, this is in regards to being an ultrapeer; I've noticed downloads slow to almost a snail's pace when I'm an ultrapeer. It's great to have so many leaves, hosts and peers but if some specific connections slow download time is it really so great? It could be, and probably is that certain host addresses should be filtered out because they aren't as good as others. For example, if the I/O column registers in thousands logic suggests these are faster hosts as opposed to hundreds and doubles registers. Just curious, what's the highest and best number for maximum downloads? Currently, I've set mine at 125, but I also have set it to 150 and 175.

Keep me posted,
Andrew Perkins

ursula · #12 (**permalink**) October 5th, 2007

A good Ultrapeer is doing more or less nothing except being a good Ultrapeer...

The system is very much dependent on Ultrapeers NOT actually participating in sharing !

That may seem more than a bit contrary to many people but, it's the way it really is !

Any bandwidth that an Ultrapeer uses for personal sharing activity diminishes the total available bandwidth for Ultrapeer processes and responsibilities.

For me... When I see an host as Ultrapeer sharing anything more than about 1-200 MB, I blow 'em out.
I want high performance Ultrapeers !!!

Now the arguing can start.......................

wondering why · #13 (**permalink**) October 5th, 2007

Magic25...I disabled my Ultrapeer capabilities as it drains my computer to much, I found that surfing the net or even loading pages on the forum took to long...

If you find it is draining your system to much disable it...

Tools > Options > Performance and tick the box that says Disable Ultrapeer Capabilities and select apply....

zeke · #14 (**permalink**) October 5th, 2007

Except for losing my Pro version I haven't found any cons to 14.14.10
Several features make it better than the old Pro though, it's a trade off

CLASSYSOB · #15 (**permalink**) October 6th, 2007

I upgraded and lost my "pro" status. did you update, and did you lose it, too? If so, do you know how to get the pro status back?

wondering why · #16 (**permalink**) October 6th, 2007

ATTENTION: LW Pro users!! Update info!!

zeke · #17 (**permalink**) October 6th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by CLASSYSOB

I upgraded and lost my "pro" status. did you update, and did you lose it, too? If so, do you know how to get the pro status back?

Your Pro upgrade is only good for six months.
If it's been longer and you want it back you have to pay.

Lord of the Rings · #18 (**permalink**) October 6th, 2007

They recently introduced an extended 12 month Pro period for not much more (over each 6 month period averages out to about same as old pro 6 month price). And during the last month of support, they offer a discount to continue with support. But to know about this, you need to check your personal pro download page. You should BOOKMARK your personal pro download page so you can access it easily & quickly & check to see if your support is nearing an end.

Magic25 · #19 (**permalink**) October 6th, 2007

Wondering, this is not related to the topic but what port setting would you say is the best for someone who has a Westell Wirespeed modem as I do? I cannot go over 65000 so I've been setting it to 30000. As long as ports don't exceed the limit they can be set in a broad range. I could even set the port at the default level but there's got to be a better alternative. There may be better ports in the 20-30000 range which will be better, but if anyone has this same setup and found a better range please be sure to let me know. Sorry to deviate from the main topic, just had this thought that maybe a little tweaking in the port department might equal better LW performance.

Thank you,
Andrew Perkins

wondering why · #20 (**permalink**) October 6th, 2007

I'm not to sure what port would be the exact one, I think it's more a trial and error type situation...A popular choice is 64049...