Sonnet,

1. Your welcome

2. In the library tab you will see column titled Uploads (x/y) where x is the number of successful uploads. where y is the number of incomplete or attempted uploads.



3. I think that your nodes crashed while I was attempting to download 600 x 4 files from you. (I had problems on my end with this. Normally no one would try this.)

4. Regarding results the rating system is based on serveral factors but all relate to a remote users ability to download from you.

5. Regarding the inconsistency you spoke of -- Tools/options/speed/ Disable Ultrapeer Capabilities (By default this is not set and you are acting as a Supernode / Ultrapeer which aggregates connections for other users. I sometime run as an ultrapeer or Supernode to help the network out. This mode of operations puts stress on your system resources and bandwidth.)


6. Regarding Search Star Results and Connections Speeds (You can fake your connection speed as most people do However the program color codes the connections so that I think- the speeds listed in black are probably forged and the connections listed in green are closer to the real rate.) Someone can comment on this if they have different information. Anyway, Connection speeds can be filtered by speed for searcher under /tools/options/Searching/Speed - So if I don't want to see modem users I can say

(Show Only Results of Cable/DSL Speed or Higher. )

These settings have nothing to do with your ability to send files out for instance, If you are on a T3 connection (44.xMbps) You can discourage people from downloading from you by making your connection appear as though you are a modem user. If any one did download from you they would discover that they are transferring files from the fastest modem that exist today :-) This is because they will receive the file as fast as they can pull it from you. This of course assuming that they themselves have a high-bandwidth connection which is slower than yours.

Hope this helps.

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