any config suggestions
 

i am currently sharing 1341 files accordding to my info bar ( bottom left), is this "normal" or am i being to stingey or generouse?

all things concidered my speeds are quite good

can some-one put to rest the explanation of "up" & "down" loads

all help in plain english(and no jargon,abbreviations)welcome.

yours mikexxx and a nice Christmas to you all.

Hi Mike

Merry Christmas to you and, when you get there, a very happy new year.

Now, you want a plain English explanation of the things you are seeing on your Limewire program, well here goes:

You said:I would say that you are sharing a slightly above normal amount of files. The reason I say this is because if the number you are sharing goes up any further you will run into "Java" problems, this is where Java, which is needed by Limewire to work, will crash and Limewire will start to behave erratically.

I would say that you should share between 1,000 and 1,250, that will keep “Java” happy as well as the “Peer to Peer (a.k.a P2P) network” membership.

Mike, this is quite simple, an “upload” is when someone is uploading a file from you, you can check this by clicking the “Monitor Tab” and seeing the number of files being uploaded from your PC by other members of the P2P community. “Download” is when you download a file or files from other P2P members. So, they upload (from you or I) and you and I download from them (others members), i.e. both words are essentially the same thing it just depends on your view point.

Hope this helps.




UK Bob

The java issue as UKBob suggests does depend upon particular system config & setup. For some reason some people share more thatn 10+ times as many files without issues. Whereas some other people with a similar setup might have problems sharing as much as you are. That's the enigma about windows. Specific computer's will have particular issues (that yours might not have), etc. Whereas some won't at all. It sounds like you're in the 2nd group .. hoping at least! ;)