The 2 programs are different. But yes, uplds greatly benefits by improving connectivity thru other people resulting in better search & downld results. After I open LW I have people uplding from me within 3 mins from the moment of opening despite it takes 9 mins from 'my' LW to load & load incompletes & another 9 mins to load all the shared. Odd how they can upld from me before LW has indicated to me it's loaded the files. lol But as a result of having people uplding from me, I can just leave my LW & it usually looks after itself; ie: within 40 mins there will be a file that continues downlding without any help. I don't even do searches or use resume/find sources on many an occasion but have continued downlds.

Some hints:
A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.

eg: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...028#post116028