this is kind of the wrong thread, this thread (if i remeber correctly) is about maximising your download speeds...your problem doesnt seem to come from a low download speed...and its probably a bug on one or more of three things:
your computer
Limewire
the other persons computer

try downloading it from someone else and try downloading a song of a similar size, possibly a similar speed 9f you can find one. then see what happens and if it still fails its probably you version of limewire or your pc..i sugest starting a new thread or looking through the other threads to cure this problem...please do not hijack threads..esp this useful one

hmm...i notice you didnt at all read my above post...it said please do NOT hijack this thread, but in answer to your problem it is not downloading you need to do....it is uploading (just a little fact) but anyway you need to save it onto your computer (into a seperate folder would be useful) and then go into options>sharing and click the add button and select your file or folder that you wish to share..you can view the folders whichyou are already sharing by going onto the library tab (not in options)

just a little note, people will not be able to download your file to their pc unless you are online...this is because you dont upload (or download as you put it) onto limewire, this would take one hell of a big file server, you simply add your file into the search engine of limewire and when you are online people will find it and upload direct from your pc (i believe this is right)

but like i said, DONT HIJACK THREADS! this goes to anyone else as well

First of all I want to thank you for your quick reply to my problem. It was a great help. Second I didn't know what I did was wrong or called highjacking I guess because I didn't take the time to read as I should have. I apologize for that. I realized after I posted my problem onto a thread that already existed that maybe no one would see it so then I finally found the page where I could make a new one and did that. Again I'm sorry for highjacking...I will know better next time. Again thanks for all your help and for teaching me about highjacking. RaeRae

Hello:
My uploads are faster than my downloads. I have tried everything on this forum that is suggested to spead up my downloads with no success. My tested download spead is 4931 klbs and my upload is 479. I maxed the speed bar on each. Was I correct in doing this? I also tweaked filters keywords...no / or exe or sponsored files, in the host filter I put in 192.128.*.* and 10.*.*.* uploads are 1 and slots are 11. Have I done something wrong? Is there live help anywhere that can walk me through this? I have spent alot of time trying to tweak limeware. I appreciate any comments. Thanks

well I rebooted my computer and guress what. I now have a rocket ship..thanks for all the information on how to tweak LW.

I see a lot of mention of "forcing" an IP on to the system, could someone please tell me what this means and how to do it. I am fairly new and would like to follow all the advice given, particularly by 'leeware'
Help would be appreciated
Uncle Dick

Forcing IP is port forwarding some modems/routers require port forwarding in order for you to be able to connect. Let us know what the brand name and model number of your modem/router is and we will help you out if we can.

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Unfortunately the search I did on your modem/router had very little results I could understand. Not English the link below is one of the searches I did and I think there is instructions in the third link for port forwarding your Dare Global db 108.

http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?s...eGlobal+db+108

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Many thanks for help Grandpa, the link you gave me is actually my ISP but unfortunately not in English. I shall have to keep experimenting and reading this forum.
Thanks again

what does"awaiting sources"mean???????????