well, maybs other people have the same problem. when i had bearshare, i could always leave my firewall on and my downloads would be finished in literally seconds. then, it all went away. bearshare now cannot connect, so i went to limewire. i turned off my firewall as suggested, but im now dl'ing files at absolute MAX 50kb/s. also, the number of sources is only at around 6 max. although this is really frustrating, i can live with it. but, the biggest problem i have is that it will just go at 0kb/s so i have to pause, and start the dl so that it will finish. can anyone please help me?