Setting my upload limit for sharing has never worked. I have tried different limits (8,4,6,3) over a couple of years, so one uploader cannot choke my sharing with all LW users with a whack of requests. The 'upload limit reached' appears, and the uploader can keep adding upload requests, which are either successful or queued. In the spirit of LWire, I always have 'chat' on, so users can browse my shared folder, and pick a FEW. Leaving LW on for 6-12 hours is typical for me, and I can't monitor it all the time. For a long time added 'abusers' to the Filter 'host' blacklist, but with a very long list of uploads, and quite a few abusers every time am on, have given up using 'host' block; its a pain. As a matter of p2p principle, users should use 'chat' smiley, but a majority do not. For the moment, going to stick with 'chat', IF I can get a solution or explanation from monitors or members WHY DON'T UPLOAD LIMITS WORK? Does someone have a configuration where it does work? Answers please. caseybob

First of all,what version are you running?

I will Give you my configuration for LimewirePRO 4.16.4

Under Uploads Basic I have bandwidth set to MAX Under SLOTS and Uploads Per Person I have it set to 3 and Max Upload slots set to 12

Now go to ADVANCED and then PREFERENCING and set the allow freeloaders set to RARELY and set the Shared not to be a freeloader to 100

I am currently sharing 3,907 files....so I don't think asking for no freeloaders is a bad thing. Especially just 100 files to be shared.

Whether you have CHAT on or off is up to you,however note that whenever someone does browse,it slows both your upload and download speed down,although they still will not be able to download more than 3 files at a time and they about 90% of the time have 100 or more files they are sharing.

Hey KB: I have LW Basic 4.17.0 with java 1.6.0_04 and about 1,800 audio files. I have only 256Kb/s IP connection until can afford faster, which is primary problem. However, that should not prevent 'upload limits' per person set at 5, with u'load slots at 2, from working. It is not clear to me if the u'load limits per person are for each session, or permanent...do you know? Have followed your suggestions and also disabled 'chat' as an experiment to see if it helps. But I strongly believe everybody, at least with fast connection, should use 'chat', because it is primary principle behind whole idea of p2p sharing. Perhaps will leave 'chat' off until I get 5Mb/s+ ISP connection. Thanks for helpful reply, caseybob

can someone please help me?I do not know what I am doing in this forum.How do I make a post?I am having issuse with limewire pro.Majority of the time when I download a movie I do not get the movie I wanted.I have tried to get the movie EDIT and when I download it I get a totally different movie,why?

How do I read what people wrote about my question? I noticed that 3 people responded,but I do not know how to read them.Anyone can email me to help me out at EDIT

Hey CB: First of all you have an older BETA version of LW,which the new BETA version is 4.17.6 and you would probably be better suited to go to the BETA Forum site located here>LimeWire Forums
your Java version is out of date as well,if you get the new LIMEWIRE BETA available here>Lime Wire » Download LimeWire Beta it comes with the later version Java 1.6.0_05. So this may not have been you,it may be that Beta version you have. You may want to go to the stable Basic Version which is 4.16.6 available here >Lime Wire » Download LimeWire.

As an experiment though I did get the new BETA version and put it on my PC I use for testing and it worked. A simple thing make sure after you make changes to click the APPLY button. Keep in mind that when you do make changes it will not be immediate,if you have peers connected it will take up to possibly an hour before it gets where you want it....unless you make the changes and apply them then close out and restart LW..... However the newer Beta version worked perfectly fine as in regard to your question.

Your internet connection speed is not going to affect the area you are concerned with other than having chat on,as I mentioned.

As for the upploads per person,they are not permanent...per se'. They are that way until you change them for every session.

Fast internet connection or not,I don't ever have chat on,it could help out an exploit(er) if you have one or if LW has one. So,it does not limit P2P,it just means that other peers either A) have to directly connect to your IP or B) have a specific search that relates to the file(s) you are hosting.


Now to answer the lost person of pmahoney.........

First of all the movie titles are not allowed due to possible copyright issues,and your e-mail address is not allowed to be posted either.

However, some people mistakenly name the file(s) wrong, or do it on purpose....for what reason I dunno. It has happened many a time to most of us, your BEST FRIEND is the PREVIEW button(keep in mind it does not work on all file types....but most) and can save you a LOT of wasted download time.

You can also use Bitzi by doing the following

How to avoid downloading bogus movie files:

right-click a file in your Search Window, scroll down to Advanced, select "Lookup File with Bitzi". You will find info regarding audio/video quality, or if the file is bogus or mis-named.
most AVI files that I've looked up are listed at Bitzi. Bitzi tells you about the exact file that you are considering.

Remember that Bitzi is done by contribution,so if you find a Bogus File...please list it in Bitzi!!

Regards,
KoolerBlaster

:Running Amok with

: AMD 3000+ OC from 2.0 GHZ to 2.2GHZ
: DDR RAM 1GB with 128MB shared with On board SIS Video
: RAM OC from 333Mhz to 400Mhz Kingston Brand
: 1 300GB Western Digital HDD
: 1 80GB Western Digital HDD
: 1 60GB Maxtor Diamond Max HDD
: 1 Lite-On DVD +/- DL RW ROM DRIVE
: 1 Pioneer DVD +/- DL RW ROM DRIVE
: 1 EIDE/ATA Controller Card
:Sierra Wireless Internet connection with 595U modem with Sprint as carrier(Sprint Rocks!) (I can use it at home....or on my laptop as I parade about the country)

Hey KB: D'loaded 4.17.6 BETA & Java 05 and it seems a bit faster on start-up and runs fine. Don't know about Upload Limits with this version yet; we shall see. It seems my IP has found a new way to throttle bandwidth, which I have had a running battle about for several years. What appears to be a new addition to throttling is to flood every single one of my 1800 audio files with 53 to 60 hits within a couple of minutes of start-up...it seems unlikely every file would get approximately same high number of hits in such a short time, while my Monitor Upload screen remains empty. It started about 2weeks ago with old BETA and popped up again overnight with new BETA. All this is with 'chat' off and after midnight when there isn't heavy traffic load on I'Net. C'est La Vie. caseybob

With 1800+ files it will be a quicker way for you to get hits,with over 3900 files I get the same amount of hits,if you spend a lot of time on LW you may be being tagged as an Ultra peer, in which case you would get an even higher amount of hits,you may want to disable Ultrapeer from your LW,especially if your IP has bandwidth issues and is throttling it somehow. Normally,most IP's only throttle during peak areas, as I see you know.
Hits though are just that, Hits,it means someone somewhere searched a keyword in the file you are hosting. I will take a couple of snapshots of my LW settings and Hits after a few minutes, and show you.

The Beta Version I have been running on the test computer has some bugs,but not any in the area you are having issues with,at least not yet.
You may also want to think about not sharing the high hit files....I know this hampers the whole P2P theme....but hey,you gotta do what you gotta do.
If I were you I would try it as an experiment at the very least,to move your files to another folder temporarily and then share crazy files like txt and other things to see if you get the same amount of hits,if you do, it could be a anti-P2P group or person is flooding your IP, in which case I recommend you get PeerGuardian2 available here>Phoenix Labs » PeerGuardian 2
This is also Beta software and only works on most Windows systems.

I do lots of Beta testing,but on my other PC, and good quality software I find I post in forums like this and put on my laptop and this PC....unless I feel lazy or wont be at home for a few days,then I may do it on this PC or my laptop.

Regards,
KoolerBlaster

:Running Amok with

: Windows Xp Sp2
: AMD 3000+ OC from 2.0 GHZ to 2.2GHZ
: DDR RAM 1GB with 128MB shared with On board SIS Video
: RAM OC from 333Mhz to 400Mhz Kingston Brand
: 1 300GB Western Digital HDD
: 1 80GB Western Digital HDD
: 1 60GB Maxtor Diamond Max HDD
: 1 Lite-On DVD +/- DL RW ROM DRIVE
: 1 Pioneer DVD +/- DL RW ROM DRIVE
: 1 EIDE/ATA Controller Card
: Limewire 4.16.4 Pro and 4.17.6 Beta(on another PC,used expressly for testing)
: Java 1.6.0_05
: PeerGuardian 2 with latest updates
: Sierra Wireless Internet connection with 595U modem with Sprint as carrier(Sprint Rocks!) (I can use it at home....or on my laptop as I parade about the country)

Hey KB: Thanks for your last one, but you missed one important point. These are not massive hits on every single file at first minute of startup, with DIFFERENT number of hits on each file (1800+)...often, they are EXACTLY the same number of hits in EVERY single file, which kind of rules out just being overly popular. The odds are in at least the tens of millions against. Will get to new folder suggestion test soon.
Refer you to reply I just posted to CNY222 about this same subject.

"The Journey is the destination"

Luck, caseybob

The reference I gave you a few minutes ago (Cny222) is not correct. The right one is Cyn222 in Open Discussion Forums. caseybob