nice post, good info! Tied up a couple of loose ends for me, e.g. max number of downloads could concievably be reached on one file! I'm tweaking.

question - I think it was asked in another post, but didn't see a reply: When I was using Kazaa, on a good night I was achieving download speeds of up to 170kB/s, yet my download speed slider in Limewire maxes out at about 43 just before unlimited. Same if I move my setting from DSL to T1. Any way to change that?

I don't think so. Just put it to Unlimited.

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

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I disconnected it as asked..

- listing session information --
Current thread: AWT-EventQueue-0
Active Threads: 38
Uptime: 7:29:20
Is Connected: true
Number of Ultrapeer -> Ultrapeer Connections: 0
Number of Ultrapeer -> Leaf Connections: 0
Number of Leaf -> Ultrapeer Connections: 5
Number of Old Connections: 0
Acting as Ultrapeer: false
Acting as Shielded Leaf: true
Number of Active Uploads: 0
Number of Queued Uploads: 0
Number of Active Managed Downloads: 1
Number of Active HTTP Downloaders: 1
Number of Waiting Downloads: 45
Received incoming this session: false
Number of Shared Files: 311
Guess Capable: false
Received Solicited UDP: true
SIMPP version: 7
Port Stable: true
FWT Capable: true
Last Reported Port: 6348
External Port: 6348
IP Pongs Received: 292

Yeah.
"Recieved incoming this session" is still false: there's something else blocking LW there. Routers, other firewalls (it's not your ISP from what you said earlier)....
Maybe you need to try another port...

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
RAM 256MB
LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

"Raise your can of Beer on high
And seal your fate forever
Our best years have passed us by
The Golden Age Of Leather"
-Blue Öyster Cult-

how do I do that? just randomly pick a port?? how many ports do I have? LOL can you tell I am l clueless??

Lists of ports you can use can be found here: A Guide To Alternative Port Selection
Port 6346 is what LW normally uses. To change listening port go to LW's menu Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls

Any idea why it's doing this??

Arlene

Okay I read your article above...

Did some changes but I am not sure if I have set it perfectly because the Download speed seems about the same so I'll give you the details

I have DSL 512/256 (up/down) respectively as many people do.

Before I use to download files at about 30Kbps max
The upload slider I have was set to 27-35Kbps
The maximum is about 50kbps on Download and upload If i am going wrong somewhere please notify me.

I'll leave your questions for Murasame to answer since Murasame is the specialist in this area. But I think you're getting confused with the definitions.

8 kbps = 1 KB/s

If you were getting 30 KB/s then that's equivalent to 240 kbps. Which is not unusual b/c there's always overhead loss. Yeah about 50 KB/s would be about your maximum possible I'd suggest - perhaps just over.

hi

im new to all this i have a broadband connection the speed for uploading is 1024k and uploading is 128k,

what should i have my settings set to in tool-options-downloading adn uploading sections,i would be greatful if someone can do this calculation for me as i cant seem to get it right,i am using a dsl/cable connection.

any help would be great,

pato