tanx! must be the answer cos i'm well sure everything is spot on on my side.i've done everything suggested on countless threads here and at the mo it only seems to benefit bearshare.i'm hitting speeds (it says!!) of up to 3Mb on a 1028/128 cable connection!!! Can't be right....i'll take wot i work out should be my max wit LW about 130KB/s??anyway i'm goin to try to help someone else here today as the forums have thought me alot the last few days