Morgwen, again you made it crystal clear - and I can now cross "TTL" off of my list of "Capital Letters that Confuse Me."

But you brought up bandwidth, and that opens a whole new can of worms for me.

Now, this I understand: I have a fast DSL connection, and it's logical that the speed at which I download a file is limited by the speed that the person I'm connected to can upload it. (Incidentally, if I'm downloading from someone who's uploading, which of us is the "Client?")

...but back to bandwidth: I've noticed that sometimes I can download a file from someone with a 56K modem faster than I can from someone with a fast T1 or Cable/DSL connection. How can this be? I assume that it's dependent on how many files each of us is uploading and downloading at the time, right?

But sometimes I'll notice under the Monitor tab in Limewire that I'm uploading a file to someone and it's only going out at .09Kbps. Is there a way I can tell how fast that person's connection is? Or is there a way for me to find out on my computer how much bandwidth I have, and how it's being used?

The reason is that sometimes I'll want to disconnect from the network, but I feel guilty because I don't want to interrupt their transfer, but, ugh, it can take so loooong! Is there a way from me to free up bandwidth on my end to speed up the process?

And finally, sometimes I'll find a file I want, but don't have time to download it. So I write down that person's IP address and figure that I can later connect directly to them and get the file by entering their IP address manually through the Connections tab. This never seems to work, however. Why not? What is that box under the Connections tab for if not what I described above?

Thanks again, Morgwen. You're a real mensch!

C