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

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.

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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.

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.

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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

ip test

eek!
First time I have posted in a techie forum!
Love limewire just wish it wouldn't take a week and a half for the remix of "dancing queen" to download!
Basically, I think my system is badly configured and I am not capable enough to sort it out.

I have followed lots of the tips, but to no avail.
But, thank you for your valiant attempts to teach complete twits like me to get it done by themselves!
I salute you!

Lady A

I would highly recommend you make sure your machine is free of spyware / adware and then determine what your upload and download speeds are you can do so by going to http://chi.speakeasy.net and doing a speed test. After that we can figure out what's wrong if anything with your limewire configuration.


Hope this helps.

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Yet you still failed to explain how to sqeeze out 4 more hosts if it is capped. Isnt this program in java, no source code, just scripts.....yuck!