Hi birdy and forum members:

Well I tried a number of things and finally Limewire is connecting again. Start-up for Limewire and reconfiguring the port-forwarding for both the firewall and the 2wire router.

Since re-starting Limewire, I now have a problem with accessing files that are showing 4 stars and at top of list:

Limewire states in the download section that the files are busy, need more sources, downloads part way and quits and so on. This has been happening with many files. Did an experiment of popular files and they just won't download. Out of 10 files, I only could download one.

Any suggestions as to what might be causing this problem?

Thanks,

Hi katydidit,

There are lots of fake (& also infected) files spammed on the network - it sounds like you might be seeing those. There are companies employed to upload fake files - to discourage the use of p2p. Check out the links below for more info.

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/294637-post2.html
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...note-them.html
Fake files showing up in search results

Try using this hostiles list & see whether that makes a difference: The TechNutopia Fullsize Hostiles List for BearShare and LimeWire

Also, try varying your search terms when looking for music. Try using the 'All Types' search - look for artist or album name, rather than song title. Try downloading a file with 10 sources or less. Try a modem or T1 source, rather than a T3 source.

Also, try downloading an older song...see whether you have the same thing happen. Often, it's popular/new files that bring up this spam.

Don't forget to check files with Bitzi - even though music files aren't rated as often as movie or program files, other users might've rated the files as useless
How to use Bitzi