Yes as I understand it.

But the files that you have clicked for DL that are searching for sources will affect the stability of your connection they are using up bandwidth searching for sources it is better to complete a DL then start searches for new DL after they complete.

This happens to me too :( , its gotta be something on the network or something because no P2P program works and i just get unstable connections for all of them. I reformated a computer completely to just stock windowsXP home edition first thing i did was download and install LimeWire does the same thing. Configured my router as much as i possibly know and still nothing. I used to use P2Ps for years and now i just get an unstable connection which i cannot even search with, let alone download anything.

It has nothing to do with the network there are literally 100'S of thousands of people using the Gnutella net at any given moment with no problems. The problem may be with your ISP, your Router,Firewalls, Connection, etc. etc. etc. There are post in this forum that ask for specific information and test to preform from people that are having problems obviously wmpete did a little reading before he / she posted and supplied the needed information thus the response.

You on the other hand obviously have not. And if you did you have determined that it is LimeWires fault and not your set up. So I guessing you are making a statement which is false and do not need any help.

haha im not dissing the network or anything, im just saying maybe the network is keeping me only out or something, I dunno, all i know is my configuration has been good for like 2 years and now all of a suddenly I can't connect and I have done number after numbers of things to fix it.

If it worked for years and quit all of the sudden there is a good chance your ISP has started blocking or limiting P2P networks. The link below may help allot of ISP have started doing this recently. They will give all kinds of reasons security,legality,to much bandwidth etc.

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=33712

You can look at the Stickies in the connection problems sections of this forum for answers on ways to get around this such as using other port, change ISP, etc.

I have looked up on this as well, although it seems that the ISP must have had blocked all people with broad band conenctions because my friend with Dial-Up with the same ISP and it works, but me and my other friend with broad band have unstable connections.

You might want to try other ports that seems to work for some people although I do not know which ports. You might want to check out the correspondence between spcyg2003 and myself in the link below and maybe make a post asking spcyg2003 which fix he used. page 41 & 42




http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&pagenumber=41

Hi Gang!
Has anyone checked out all the threads about the disconnecting issue? Just browsed through the titles and the last ones are pointing to Norton as the culprit.
Guess what? I got mad at Norton's ccApp in my processes because it was hogging 150 megs of RAM from the git-go, so I wiped it completely off my system, wrote them a nasty email, and installed Zone Alarm.
Limewire never disconnects on me now. Cool, huh?
There may be other factors involved, like the fact that I got tired of trying to make my little eMachine do far more than it was capable of and got myself a new computer. I was having other issues besides LW, and this was probably a rather expensive way of fixing my issues, but if I had all the money back that I spent on "fix it" programs in the last couple of months, I could have bought a really massive system or paid cash for this one.
As it is, I'm very happy with my new baby, though I had to learn far more about networking than I ever wanted to just to get my files off the old machine.
Anyway, I'd give the Norton Uninstall fix a try. You can get ZoneAlarm on a trial basis (along with probably most other firewall/anti-virus programs.) I found a great site and bought ZA for 30 bucks, no shipping, no handling..if anyone's interested.
Oh, Hopper. I did get that download alright and it's a sweet little program. I'm going to put it on my new system, too. But it didn't fix my explorer issue. I think nothing short of an OS reinstall will fix that, which is what I'm going to do once I've searched out all the stuff I want to bring over. A nice clean system is easier to sell and I don't want anyone messing with my stuff.
Oh, did you read about the murderer who got caught because he sold his old computer and forgot to wipe some rather incriminating files? Whoops...
And before this becomes another novel, I'll quit. Hope everyone's problems are being resolved. I had a great time in Baja, and maybe found a place to live ten yards from the ocean, which would be so fantastic. Just have to dig up all the change out of the sofas till I've got $25,000. Camp space rental is only $218 a month. After living in an area where you can't get a one bedroom dwelling for under a thou, that seems cheap to me, if not to anyone else.
Bye all,

ldeanjames

Please tell me you bought Zone Alarm Pro or another version of upgraded Zone Alarm because basic firewall is free. I am guessing you bought Pro.


http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten..._freedownloads

Well,
The cd just says Zone Alarm Secuity Suite. I'm gonna be ticked if I paid for something I could have gotten free...
Zone Alarm's a bit annoying, simply because I'm used to Norton. I may reinstall Norton now that I have enough RAM to go around. Or maybe not, since you never have enough RAM.
Was there a reason for your question? Is there something about ZA I need to know?
Oh, by the way, LW disconnected on me last night, but since I found out my NIC had also disappeared, it probably wasn't LW's fault. No amount of troubleshooting worked, even after I restored it to yesterday. My NIC showed up, but couldn't get me an IP address noway, nohow. So I backed it up to Sunday and I'm fine, at least until I need a new IP address. I should take this computer back to Best Buy and rattle their cage, but the darn thing is soooo heavy. I'll just wait until my energy's restored. But I'm miffed because I shouldn't be having these issues on new machines, HP or Gateway. Never did on my eMachine, not until recently and I was pushing the little critter hard.
Sigh.
Hope all is well with everyone. There's a new virus out that messes with your communications (what else?) and at first we thought that was what I had. It wasn't, but that's scary. It's something that Windows lets through and they're supposed to have a fix. Think I'll cruise over there and download it, just in case.
Later...