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Old June 20th, 2004
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Thank you stief!

You are a scholar and a gentleperson. I am d/l now and I do so much appreciate this. I'll update on the results of the comparison.

BTW - I did see the 70mb archive, but I wasn't certain it was what I needed so I didn't d/l it. Thanks for the access to the much smaller d/l.


ETA: finished the download. Thanks.

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Default Update with 3.8.10

Well, I can't explain it, but suddenly I'm back where I was.

Getting minimum 30k and peaking at over 100k on the same downloads I tried using 4.0.x Pro. According to Limewire there should be no difference, but for me there certainly is. I connect to more Ultrapeers - and connect faster - and seem to be able to d/l from more hosts.

It will be interesting to see if I become an Ultrapeer again, as I was before the 4.x "upgrade."

Thanks stief and everyone else for the suggestions, help and support.
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very odd--and interesting! If you can spare the time, could you try to figure out where the difference lies? The example bug report (without the sample java crash) usually contains all the key info.

Which installer did you use, and does this one allow incoming connections?

Thanks for keeping us posted.
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Default Observations so far - 3.8.10

Bug report still says "false" on the received incoming sessions, but I have no idea what it reported before, as I never thought to check (or even realized it might be an issue).

What I can say about the "downgrade" back to 3.8.10 is this:

I can connect to far more Ultrapeers than with 4.x (sometimes as many as 10, while with 4.x I had a maximum of 6)

My ability to connect to these Ultrapeers is much faster

I can usually start a download at - at least - 30k and it will sometimes peak to 100k and usually steady down to about 60-80k. I love to get the 100k+ speeds, but I'm content with 60+.

I'm seeing MANY more results, even with my search filters at 4 stars - Cable/DSL or higher. I'm seeing files that I didn't see using 4.x and the same settings.

Also, I've set my preferences the same as I did in 4.x (which I will be happy to list if anyone is interested).

ETA: I'm now d/l a 200mb file and have settled into a speed of about 80k. Woooohoooo!

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Cool. I hope you've found a bug, with 4.0.6.

Would you be so kind as to try a little check?
If you quit LW, and quickly run the 4.06 installer (it will continue all your existing dl's and prefs), you'll have a fair comparison. See if 4.0.6 is now just as good (should be better!!!).

Thanks

[oops--forgot to also ask to save the bug report from the 3.8.10 first--command-A, command-C, and paste into a textedit doc]

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4.0.6 should increase the speed again. Downloading from incomplete sources was fragged up, so you couldn't connect to most sources.

Here's the bug-report they had in the Manager at LimeWire: http://www.limewire.org/jira/browse/CORE-1

Should be fixed now.
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I've tried old versions, and no luck there. I'm still really frustrated. I haven't gotten ahold of my ISP to ask about any throttle they may have on p2p DL's, but folks are uploading from me at capacity.
Also, it started using me as an Ultra peer again... not sure what changed it. About 3 days back, one DL got up to 18K and I have no idea why.
Whether I'm DLing 1 or multiple files, each one seems to cap at 5K. Here I kept stacking on files that each found between 50 and 150 sources:

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I haven't made any changes or restarted since the last post, but this morning, a single DL seems to be able to reach 7K, but still is capped there. Each additional DL I add gets up to that speed.



Why won't a single DL get a higher speed?!?! Ugh.
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Hi Tolman
Those numbers don't make sense over repeated trials--surely something is amiss. If it isn't the ISP, then . . . here's some other thoughts:
Do you have the Dual Processor? There's been a fair bit discussion about a bug with Java and DP macs over on http://www.macintouch.com/index.shtml (search for "Azureus Kernel Panics" ). Someone elsewhere fixed the problem by reinstalling Java.

Reinstalling Java is quick and easy http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120309.

If something is messed in your preferences folder, then an install into a new User Account (make it an Admin) should reassure you that it's not in your Home Folder set-up.

You could also try the CVS build of LW (thanks to Jens-Uwe Mager) http://www.mager.org/LimeWire/LimeWire.html. It also has a "suspend uploads" button which will eliminate that variable.

That's all I can think of for now
[link edit: thanks arne--I forgot to doublecheck those
byw--Gregorio has submitted a magnet patch! http://www.limewire.org/pipermail/co...ne/000457.html]

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@stief: Please remove the dot at the end of the link. Then it works.

Else, I also don't know more, sadly. Didn't yet have the problem.
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