Solutions
 

Shielded Ultrapeer is a normal status for leaf nodes.

I'm not sure what it is you are attempting to accomplish?However, I think that you have done a lot more than you needed to.

With that being said. you will not become an ultrapeer if you cannot receive connections. You will not become an ultrapeer if you machine has a history of short or low uptimes. You will not become an ultrapeer if you have a low bandwidth connection and finally, you will not become an ultrapeer if the network doesn't need anymore.


If you want to port scan your computer try this http://scan.sygate.com


They offer several different types of scans.

My recommendation do only that which is necessary to achieve the desired result.

test page success but no incoming
 

becoming an ultrapeer IS what im trying to accomplish and not recieving IS the root of my problem i think.
i have broadband cable and even with the current tweaking i stay up longer than most of the ultrapeers i connect to.
while im finding a workaround id like to confirm my isp is blocking and post thier name HERE
...i know i did...setting expert rules for LW in Zone Alarm caused a VERY weird effect and i had to delete those rules...they didnt help anyway...i might try to recreate that situation in future and post that "bug" elsewhere.
...but i still dont have the "desired result"!!
thanks for the link it will prove usefull, but currently they only scan "common ports" 1-1024 not 6*** not 49152-65535.
btw the post about alternate ports was HERE

oops!!
 

just checked my logs and found out ZA is blocking so i need the expert rules after all!!!
currently trying private port 60689 let u know what happens

DUUHHHH!!!!

got it working but....
 

busybusybusyoh... HI!
kk just a quick update...
found one little button hidden deep in ZA's front end (block servers) that i must have set some time ago...and forgot...duh again
fixed it (no expert rules) and changed back to port 6346
recieved incoming: TRUE!!!
much better ul/dl speeds
but after running 8-10hrs (still as leaf!!) system started dragging and buddy complained that the whole LAN/WAN gateway was slowing down
found out the router was blocking a LOT of "ping of death" attacks and ZA blocking even more (i presume other exploits)...all aimed at EVERY port i had tried to run LW on
connection view shows "dropped I/O" @ 20-80%/0%...i quessing same problem
SCARRRRYYYY
sooo...until i learn (even MORE) about security....
port forwarding disabled...
LW reset to defaults (PnP)...
and i'll TRY to be happy with "leaf" for a little while....

Obsession With UltraPeer Status
 

What is your obsession with UltraPeer Status?

Pings and Pong messages are a normal part of the Gnutella protocol specification.

I highly recommend that you read upon it.

can i have a speed of 10 KB/s with a 56k modem in LimeWire?!

i have the pro version and it's the same speed of the other version!

56k modem.... 52kmax cuz of damn government
52/8 = 6.5KBps MAX!!!
it is IMPOSIBLE to go above that on dialup
you may see it say 7, but thats only the 6.x being rounded up

Hey, I have a 2.4mb internet and recently downloaded LimeWire. At first it downloaded at around 100 - 200 kb\s but now I'm luckly to get 20kb\s. Uploads go very slow aswel, does anyone know why?

http://www.whatismyip.com
(write this IP down and force this IP in Limewire)

Hi Lee
Thanks very much for all your tips.

Have read the whole discussion but not too good at technical interpretation.

Sorry.
How exactly does one 'force the ip' I found at the web site?

Am using LW 4.8.1 Pro on a Mac with OS 10.3.9

I do have a netGear router.
Have set the options correctly I think ???

Just ticked UPnP in LW Prefs. and also in router.

Greg

Limewire to Itunes
 

I would to transfer my Limewire to my Itunes folder,any suggestions?