Incoming searches
 

:bangh: How can I get more incoming serches.
My client is a leaf node shielded by an Ultrapeer.

Do you mean that you've ticked the 'Show Incoming Searches' box & aren't seeing many searches??? That just shows you what other Gnutella users are searching for, terms that somehow relate to what you're sharing. If you're a leaf, that's fine. Ultrapeers are people with fast connections, they handle more search traffic than leaves & shield the leaves from unnecessary search traffic...so a leaf only sees incomong searches (in the monitor window) that apply to their shared files. There's no disadvantage in being a leaf.

Or do you mean that people aren't downloading your files (so you see no uploads)???

Or do you mean that you don't see any search results (or not many search results) when you use LW to search for files???

who is "zooskoolzooskool", and who is "carlcarl"?
 

Who is "zooskoolzooskool", and who is "carlcarl"? And who is "uftmafiasex", while we are on the topic...

These are some of the Incoming Searches I see, when I run LimeWire.

I'm sure I'm not the first one to ask this question, but I searched the Gnutella Forum and came up with nothing.

My general question is this: how do I know who is browsing my computer?

(These are probably unrelated details, but I would like to follow protocol: I am running Mac OS 10.4.11 and Java 1.5.0_19 and LimeWire 4.18.8)

thank you

It means 'something' in your shared files has part of a shared name that matches a search query, and an ultrapeer has directed their query to your shared files to see if it matches I guess. But in their search will only see any file that matches fully or partially. Keep in mind others on the network can ONLY see the files you are sharing, nothing else on your computer! :) Which files are you sharing? Click on the Public Shared icon at far left of LW's window. Click on All button to see all the files you are sharing & can be seen by others on the gnutella network. :)

Sometimes people attempt to rid of spam by adjusting their own junk filters. If they do a rubbish search term such as lheouoisnljke & find results then chances are these are spammed search replies & are junk & probably contain virus or advertising or simply junk files.