sorry i have no answer,..just wanted to second this complaint, because it is exactly why i came to the forums..trying to find out why connections have bombed since i began using the 4.8.1pro upgrade.

a number of issues;
1.) the new upgrade NEVER sees me as an ultra peer with leaves,..alway now as leaf with the DISAPPOINTING maximum of 5 ultrapeers.

2.) returns on search results have just about HALVED!!...

3.) though i have to guess on this one, i also suspect that others are somehow similarly krippled from searching MY shared directory. on a given day..the OUTgoing files from my system have dropped to about 30% of their former lives,..and even among those the completion rate frequently suffers.
(THIS is perhaps the most important factor for me,..since i do a sort of "E-infoshop" on gnutella,..making my files available for those searches is vital.)


4.) also, (last one)...this never used to happen,..but now i am constantly "reviving" the connection window,..when upon returning from some time away from the computer all but ONE connection has dropped and the others seem to be caught up in some sort of "idol" connection problem,..that is, until i have relapsed the computer,...then i get the 5 again, now counting from 0.00...


aaaarrggh!
i have considered downgrading back to the previous version,...or moving on to newer version when it comes.

heres my thought though; i remember the pop-up message for the 4.8.1pro upgrade recommendation say specifically that this upgrade included "security features"...is THAT what has screwed this thing up??

whatever it is, the appeal of this product has run STEEPLY downhill for me since this "upgrade".

help!!!
(thx)