Actually the results appear to be pretty normal to me. However, I would suggest that you look under the library tab after running for a few days and check the actualuploads/attempteduploads

This will give you an idea of which file are completing.

Hope this helps.

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A number of failed uploads is normal. If people are getting files off of your computer then we can assume that everything is working. The fact that some uploads fail again is normal.

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Thanx once again for your interest Lee.

If these results are normal then that's fine by me. Just expected to see a higher percentage of successful U/Ls.

As for actual v. attempted U/Ls, there was no clear trend, with very few files being "hit" a number of times without any success. Live and learn, eh?

OK, I'm new to these forums, so I apologize if this problem has already been addressed.

When downloading, I will pick a song to download, but it says I need more sources, but the list of songs was generated a second ago. The source is right there! Also, while downloading a song, mostly on modem connections from other users, the downloading will just stop and then tell me that it is waiting for busy hosts, but shouldn't I be the one using the uploading slots from that user instead of waiting, I was downloading from them first. For reference, my version is the 4.1.3 beta version. Thanks for the help.

OK. This gives me joy, I too have the same problem. I do a search and before it's done try to do a 4 star download from multiple people and get told I have to find more sources. If I go and do a search again the same one pops up as available and yet I can't get a download off it. It doesen't come up busy. Though of late I am getting a tone of the "waiting for busy hosts" for like 4 or 6 hours and then their off line. Is there a way to expand bandwith or something that will help speed up my downloads when these folks are on line?? I have stuff that's almost 2 weeks old that is only downloading maybe 3% a time when they log on. Is this what pro is supposed to help with? I mean with having a cable modem I don't feel like my download times should be so slow or have so many probelms. Especially when I think that most of them are coming from cable too. Am I doing something wrong or just expecting too much from the "program"??? LOL I have been getting the feeling of late that I am expecting too much from several different things in my life.... SOOOO...

Arlene

I've gotten tired of getting the Awaiting sources msgs so I paid my 18.88 for pro hoping it would get better. It didn't.

The older versions of Limewire seemed to do a better job, what happened?

I've tried to follow the suggestions posts. Frankly they seem to be more confusing than helpful, block or not to block, 4 stars 2 stars, slow fast, force, push, pull, ping and pong...who freaking cares? I just want to download a couple files and I'm tired if it appearing in the searches and seeing my file still awaiting sources or waiting for busy hosts. C'mon the file is either available or not, crap or get off the pot!!

Ok.. Are there others that feel the same? Do you feel that the upgrade to pro cut down on the "awaiting" and "waiting" I have 24 things I have been "awaiting" downloads or been "waiting" for downloads on for almost a month now. On average I get 2 downloads in a 24 hour period and it doesn't matter if their dsl, cable, t1 or modem, how many stars there are and all where clicked on within minutes of the search coming up.. At this rate I will still be "awaiting" downloads at Christmas and as I add more I don't want to know when they'll be done. I don't ever remember having this much of a problem getting things to download last year..

Please look at the following thread

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...ight=busy+host

Hope this helps.

A few things, Your download are limited by the person your downloading from. Therefore, if the remote host is busy, misconfigured or simply unstable. These things will impact your downloads.

Keep in mind, that if you are attempting to download popular content i.e music and movies there are also companies the broadcast results but make it impossible to download those files.
Therefore, you can spend a month trying to get a file that you think is one thing and it turns out to be something entirely different.

Finally, LeeWare Development hosts close to 30GB of content on the gnutella network on a 24/7 basis. We basically see datastreams (metered / throughput) = data going to users at rates between 1.5Mbps - 6Mbps. We use the latest version of LimeWire to do this. I can assure you that it is definately not the program.

Hope this helps.

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Please see my response to Arlene -- Also keep in mind that paying for the program does not mean that you will magically be able to do things with it you couldn't do with the free one. It's the same results, same people hosting those files and therefore you are subject to experience the same problems when trying to download stuff.

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LeeWare Development
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