Requery Sent?

why is it that every time i try to download something i want, it says "Requery Sent, waiting ***s for results"

and what do i do here and how can i get the freakin thing to download. it does it ALL THE TIME. like were talkin every 8 out of 10 files i try to d/l does it.

[Joakim Agren]

Hello!

The Requery sent message is a new function in LW and what it mean basically is that at present time the host was not able to accomondate your request for the file due to these factors:

The host may have disconnected from the Gnutella network.If this is the case then you will not be able to download the file in question.But if the Host has a Static IP you will be able to get the file later once he/she reconnects to Gnutella and since LW will continue to request the file as long as you want you may be lucky and eventually get the file but most of the times the user you are trying to download the file from does not have a static IP but instead has a Dynamic IP and then you will not be able to get the file.

Another reason that you will get the Requery sent message is if the Host you are trying to downlad from has maxed out his or hers bandwith due to many people currently upplodaing files fom him/her(if the user you are trying to download from is a modem user then the bandwith he/she are using to download stuff will also effect the bandwith available to you) if that is the case then just wait and eventually the pressure on that host will drop and you will be automatically reconnected and the download will start.

I have noticed the "requery sent" response as well just in the past couple weeks. It is now nearly impossible to get a file to download anymore. What has caused this change?

Yeah, surely they should improve the programming of Limewire so that only files are shown for hosts that have their freakin' computers turned on! rather than showing a majority of files on disconnected computers. So it seems if we get a "Requery sent", we may as well cancel the download, because of dynamic IPs. LimeWire is the only file sharing program I use, can other people tell me if it is a "feature" of other clients e.g. Morpheus to list files from unavailable hosts in the results window? i.e. can our bitching at limewire be truly justified?

i think "requery sent" means searching for more sources.

I think I will go back to M*******. THIS SUCKS

[Cardinal_Fang]

I'm getting the same problem trying to download a W*** W*** episode. A list comes up, but when I try to download it I just guet the reply thing.

My guess (and it is only a guess) is that the nerk with these files is saying he's sharing them so he doesn't get tagged as a freeloader, but has his upload bandwidth set to 0 so no one can get anything from him.

Cardinal Fang

(PS If anyone has the W*** W*** episode "Post Hoc, Ergo Prompter Hoc" - Series 1 Ep 2 that they'd like to Share, e-mail me at "latinum" at "hotmail" dot "com"

Well, I've been able to figure out that it's not actually re searching the file in question. the other program (M) gives you the option to do that and it works well.

I would like to see LW incorporate this feature into their program.

What this would do is fix the problem of the host who disconnected and has a DHCP IP Address. Once they reconnect the chances of them keeping the same IP address are slim or nil. A re-search option would update the connection info to that host to the new IP address and start the download.

This would take the ratio of 8 out of 10 re-query's from the previous user and make it about 5 out of 10 or even better.

Let's get working on this guys!!!

Chuckf69

Perhaps a solution would be for Limewire developers to add a "ping" column in the search results window. Not only will this tell us if the file is on an available computer, but will also tell us how saturated his/her connection is. If there is no response in the ping column at least that will save us seeing an annoying "Requery sent" status. Furthermore Limewire could filter out users with no ping, if the user desires. (I am guessing this is different to the "Quality" column.)

Bilkhead

[Joakim Agren]

Originally posted by Unregistered
Well, I've been able to figure out that it's not actually re searching the file in question. the other program (M) gives you the option to do that and it works well.

I would like to see LW incorporate this feature into their program.

What this would do is fix the problem of the host who disconnected and has a DHCP IP Address. Once they reconnect the chances of them keeping the same IP address are slim or nil. A re-search option would update the connection info to that host to the new IP address and start the download.

This would take the ratio of 8 out of 10 re-query's from the previous user and make it about 5 out of 10 or even better.

Let's get working on this guys!!!

Chuckf69

Hello!

Yes a re search function incorporated into the Requery Sent Function would be great and it would for sure increase the successfull download statistics.But the other function regarding "Ping Requests" is a bad idea due to the following factors:

-Security:It would decrease the security for all users that are on the Gnutella network
-Most ISP's including mine has a policy that forbidds their users from pinging private individuals since that is consideret making a preparation for a forced entry attempt basically hacking and if you get caught with pinging someone you would first be warned and if you do it a second time your service would be cancelled.So even if a ping function do have some great advantages it is in reality not practically possible due to the ISP policy's.My ISP only allows me to ping corporate servers to check for the up time on web site's.