Limewire 5 Connection (lose connection around 6 pm)
 

Over the last two weeks ive downloaded limewire 5, I was usieng 4.18 and everything was going fine. All day long i have full turbo connection then as soon as 6o'clock comes it get the message saying no internet connection this has been going on for the two weeks. ive allowed it to come through the windows firewall and my McAfee firewall. Im useing McAfee VirusScan Plus, I use windows vista home basic 1gb ram and 50gb spare on the hard drive. As i said all is good untill the evening, it then crash's then it lose's connection . but when i put it on the next morning everything is fine i get back my full connection. Any help on this i would be so greatfull. thanks in advance :idea:

Who is your ISP? Some ISPs have a fair access/fair useage policy & may throttle or even block p2p during their peak hours.

Try changing LW's listening port. Tools > options > advanced > super really advanced > firewall. Change LW's listening port to 65000 (or something in the range of 49152 - 65535) > ok. If you have port forwarding set up for a router then you'll need to add that same port number into the 'manual port forward' box > ok. And also change the port number forwarded within your router setup:)

If that doesn't help then please tell us your system details: System details - help us to help you -> Provide these details when you post!!!

Thanks Birdy. Ive Since spoke to my Isp and they block me at there peak hours. they told me they unblock me after midnight. which is a bit stupid. thanks for the advice Aaron

Tiscali is reknown as a shaper of bandwidth for p2p sharing. Tiscali spread their wings & flew all over europe, now taking over much of UK's ISP's who despite retaining their original isp name, now use similar policies to Tiscali. But the parent company is Tiscali. So disappointing to see what's happened over in UK with multinational companies like Tiscali. It's all about money with them of course. It would cost them too much to expand peak period bandwidth capabilities of the ISP's, their equipment & lines. Their first priority is selling their bandwidth to businesses. I wonder what % of the company's income remains in UK.

My Isp is homecall found here .Cheap up to 8Mb Broadband, Cheap Calls, save money vs BT - Pipex UK Limited and ive only just read, after all this time, And right at the bottom of the page this is what i see © Copyright Tiscali UK Limited, its affiliates and licensors. Im so pi**ed off now when you mentioned tiscali i thought i was in the clear looks like what you say is true. The broadband is meant to be 8mb i rarely it clear 3mb now i know why, bloody tiscali.

God dam it ive just lost conection. AGAIN ARRRR lol. Think I might changed my ISP. Do you know any uk companies that are not run by tiscali

I can't find a list of ISPs owned or controlled by Tiscali but you might find some helpful info in the links below.

::. Kitz - ISP Caps, FUPs and Throttling .::

Tiscali - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tiscali executes stealth LLU migrations - The Scream!

Tiscali UK To Conclude Broadband ISP Sale in March 2009 : ISPreview UK News

Spot on Thanks I'll have a read just hope it helps. Thanks birdy