So to make sure I get what you're saying, I should change the number of download to one and therefore, I would get all available sources just for one file until that one is done?

Clarification
 

There is no relationship between the number of simultaneous downloads and the number of sources. What I'm saying is that sometimes you'll download a file that will have a few well connected sources and the file will download at good speeds. However, if you download a lot of files at the same time and they all have good speeds, you will maxout your download capacity and slow all of your downloads.

connection problems
 

Several weeks ago I began using LW and had no problems other than download speed. (I had dial up). Last week I had a cable modem installed and now my downloads are even slower than before. I have a new Dell, XP OS, McAfee Viruscan. My firewall is set to allow open sharing of files. I have checked my transfer capability and it is typically over 1000K. Any suggestions?

Shameless Plug
 

There is a group that produces. A non-infringing video series. These videos are available for download via LimeWire. I know that you can get at lease 10 sources and completely saturate your download capacity. If this works then the problem is not with your connection but with the people you are trying to download from.

http://www.welcometothescene.com

Let me know how this works out.

Hope this helps.

Jesus what hootie was trying to say is he/she is downloading at very slower rate than before no matter what connection he/she is downloading from. I think that is what he/she need help on.

And I'm still having a problem with number of sources to download from for one file. It seem no matter what, I can't get any more than 6 sources for a single file no matter how many sources are available. Can you please help me with that?

deafguy: Leeware was not answering in response to Hootie's question.

For Hootie ... I'd suggest you check the rest of the forums on how to optimise your settings or at least start off with deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire So you can start afresh almost so to speak. Also see: A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.

eg: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...028#post116028

deafguy for your problem I can assure you that you'd get much much better results if other people were uploading from you. Even vary your shared files so there's different types there from one week or month to the next so you get different types of people with different links to help you with your results. Yes uplding helps search & downld results. And no you'e not going to get max # of sharers if their connection quality is poor or their upload slots are full!

What do I do in opition so that people can better uploading from me?

hello anyone and everyone, first time forum user so forgive the bullshit.
just got lime wire(4.8.1) on my win XP, i do have window's (especially built in)firewall.

problems:
i have many Need More Sources.
my down load speed is about 3-5 k/s (even though i have broad band).
in my library i have many hits but no up loads.


any help is appreciated.

thanks.

Assistance
 

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