Right, weird one this and im stumped...
For some reason whenever i load limewire my connection drops, msn disconnects, webpages load half if any, limewire says connected but 0kbps on all downloads?
So i thought, might be limewire doesnt like my system so i tried winmx and ares and bearshare all of which do exactly the same!

Anyone have any bright ideas?
Rob

Well, it could be a router/modem problem. It sounds like your router is losing its communication with your computer. This can happen if the router can't handle the traffic & your computer is too busy. This is also common with USB modems which utilise both power & cpu from the computer. See (scroll down to) 3.4 USB-based modems/routers http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...es.cfm?t=86201

Can you tell us what brand & model no. of your modem/router? Other details about your comp will also help.

yeah it's a netgear dg834g and im running 100mbps thru rj45 cable to the router, i use an nforce3 chipset motherboard with built in LAN
my comp is a 64bit 3500+ amd, 1gb crucial ram, radeon 9800 pro 120gb hard drive space free should be ok to handle it?

All the details you've told me sound very healthy. Just out of curiousity, do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is the result True/False? If false then it's either your firewall or router that's partially blocking LW.

Might I suggest you don't use the Resume/Find Sources on all your incomplete files after you open LW. A few at a time perhaps, but otherwise it may result in using up too many of your computer's, connection & LW's resources.

Other hints with downlds: See the following link & follow all the off-shoot links to find hints & extra skills for downlding: To continue files downlding (click on link)