You need to lower the number of files it is searching for and DL you are probably overloading your connection and causing it to become unstable. Try drooping the # of simultaneous searches and DL to 3 see how LimeWire preforms. If it does ok you can increase it until it becomes unstable again then drop it back a little until you find a # that works for you.

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when I said 30 to 40 that was found files waiting to download not (options / download / Max downloads) that I had set to 10 but lowered it to 3 per your instructions.


Well deleted all the files i was downloading except 23. changed my max downloads from 10 to 3 then tried to connect again went to turbo then went for 1 hr then disconnected and now has started up as poor only after I went to search for more files.

Is this the way I understand that Limewire has been changed to work If I'm not searching it will go to sleep but still download files that I have in my waiting files but only upto your max downloads.


Bill

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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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,