Possible reasons OTHER then that the person you are trying to get the file from is busy or gone offline:

- The ICS user - you may need to force your local IP and port in tools > preferences > network tab > advanced button

- Others , do you use a firewall? Most often the problem is you don't have a properly configured firewall (not allowing xolox access or security level set too high) . Especially wXP users - do not use that POS XP firewall.

- Join chat? Some peers or ops may be able to help with your individual problem.

i also can't seem to get anything going....my download status remains on searching, speed 0.0 and, of course, percentage 0.0%. it's been a half hour. is this normal?

AFAIK you can´t search than either!

At least with other gnutella clients I have made this experience.

Morgwen

Short explanation:

connecting:

Your client tries to connect, this is normal and should change quick...

qued:

The host is busy and your client wait until a download is possible.

Searching:

Your client is SEARCHING, perhaps your sources went offline and now you need more sources...

Test is with a file with at least 10 or 20 sources and try it again.

Morgwen

Tried everything that's been said here and in faq... nothing works anymore... I even lowered myself trying to download hyperpopular britney :-)

Could it have something to do with the 1.19 version? 1.18 worked perfectly here.

I am behind a firewall, but since 1.18 worked i don't see the problem.

some facts:

-Network status ok
-changed the temp dir as stated in faq
-tried songs with 50 sources, they all start as "buffered" and slowly dissapear

Hope this issue can be resolved soon :-)
Thanks for the help upfront!

I upgraded to 1.19 last night. I was having no problem with 1.18 but I also am unable to download anything with 1.19. I had it on all night but this morning there was zero progress. All transfers read Download Status: searching, busy 0, buffer 0. These include attempted downloads with scores of 20-30 or more. The download is not working.

Just to double check, I uninstalled v.1.19 and re-installed 1.18. The transfers that I attempted with 1.19 but could not download are now downloading just fine with v1.18. Something is definitely not working right with v1.19.

To : Morgwen and Kayaman

The Nile is not a river in Egypt.

Stop giving advice that ain't working and start considering that there is definitely a bug in version 1.19, and please FIX IT.

I run Windows XP Pro, on DSL, tried every trick and advice on chats and forums, and it AINT working.

Respectfully,

A long time Xolox user and Believer,
now back to 1.18 again,
and dowloads are working again.

Yes in future we will give no advise because it could be a bug...

hey what do youn think we try to find out here?

Morgwen

There is nothing wrong with giving advice. On the contrary. But just tell us if something ain't working. Nobody yet has said so.

The Gnutella Community is not trying to put you down, just to make sure you heard the facts.

The Xolox Believer