slow downloads
 

--Artichoke

Regarding the speed of your downloads:

With all P2P networks you can only download as fast as the people on the other end can send the files to you. You will also notice that even though you can download that is get files from the network to your PC at a rate of 2Mbps. I am relatively confident that you cannot send files into the network (upload ) at that same rate. Well, this is true for most users. Also, recently I've received complaints from people not able to download at good speeds. After much troubleshooting we learned that the ISP was throttling P2P traffic. Nothing you can do about this short of changing ISPs.

Re: forcing
 

You haven't explained why you want to force your IP address?

The only way to do this to my knowledge is modifying the source code. -- I think the maximum is capped at 10 hosts.

Re: thank you for your help
 

Welcome and I responded to your PM with an answer to your question.

Re: slow downloads
 

Thanks for the explanation LeeWare. I guess as I become more acquainted with all the nuances involved in file sharing I will understand better.

Is there anywhere I can test my speeds and is there anywhere that explains, bit rates, ping rates, throttles etc in laymans terms?

Thanks again

File Sharing Concepts
 

I used to have a couple of software products that explained the fundamentals. I think that I will produce another video series that covers the basics.

Re: File Sharing Concepts
 

That would be great, but I can't see your motivation but for the fact its a very decent thing to do - Perhaps looking to be on the guest list at the pearly gates ;)

Thank you for the suggestions. I was able to implement them all except for blocking IP addresses. Limewire won't accept my adding them.

Blocking IP Addresses
 

Don't worry about blocking the private-net IP addresses as downloads from those hosts are likely to be more reliable than they were when I first started the thread.

help!
 

thanks for the info on filtering out "!!!". i was sick of getting porn! anyhow, i just have a quick question. when downloading, why is it if is step away from the computer and a file is at say 97%, and when i return a few hours later, it's down to say 60%. i've been trying to download something for a week now. the file won't finish because it keeps doing this! any help would be appreciated!
thanks!my band