I am on a modem connection.

If I want to search better, on another client I can temporarily increase my number of connections, which mega-exponentially increases number of hosts reachable by my PC (for non-ultrapeer arrangements it jumps from ~4000 to ~1000000 simply by increasing number of connections from 4 to 8!)

On this other client, I often set number of hosts to 10 and do a search, then when the results I want are in, I set it back to 4 and go ahead and download.

I tried this on limey, only to be told authoratatively that my connection is too slow.

Well, if it's so smart, why have the control there at all?!

Anyway, my point is this, in order to increase the setting, I have to temporarily tell limewater that my modem is a DSL line or something, which means users wanting to download my files during this transitional period will become sorely disappointed!

Please fix limepowderdust to enable user configuration of this feature .. just turn the message into a warning, instead of an overriding thigh-boot wearing goose-stepping Hitler of a beast.

That way we will have fewer people claiming to be fast when they are not. I reckon.

I agree with that .
I have a cable modem wich can reach up to 6 MB/sec .
When I put LW on "Cable modem" it never uses my connection to its full potential

I have to edit the config file (limewire.props) and force it into UltraPeer mode to work like it should .

Then my hardware firewall still reports a 80% load against the highest spike it ever measured .
Wich was 6 MB/sec .

The speeds are all calculated wrongly in LW .