Confused as to how to tell LW my IP, etc
 

I don't think my downloads or uploads are as fast as they could be. I don't get many uploads regardless of uptime. My downloads are rarely more than 10 Kbps.
I'm Running LimeWire 3.9.2 Pro, ZoneAlarm Pro 4.5.538.001 on XP Home through a Linksys LNE100TX(v5) router to a Roadrunner cable connection.
I was reading in the connection problem sticky thread that some people have had success putting their IP into LW, and I don't see where to do that. I've checked the box for Force IP, and left the port number at default. In Zone Alarm, I hover my mouse over the Java icon, and see LW listening on TCP 6346, 45100 & UDP 6346, 6347. LW has permission across the board in the Program control section in ZoneAlarm.
I've had success transfering large files across distance to friends using an app called Look@FILE, and they always fly in & outta here at 1-2 Mbps. I notice on it's options window it tells me my outer IP, and the router assigned IP, and it also lists what it calls a server port as 12666. I suspect this little app uses different technology than a p2p network, but I can't lose hope that somehow there's a way to get similar speed out of LW Pro.
Someone please let me know step by step how to ensure my config's right. tyvm

Salut EllisD, I think that your problem is that you are not forwarding the port 6346 to your machine (with the lan IP) on the linksys router.. see this thread where I explained how to do it albeit on a different linksys model http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...hlight=linksys

Also, look in options-error reports-see an exemple an tell us if at the line: Received incoming this session: if it is true or false (false means you are still firewalled probably by the router).

Bonne chance

Hey, thanks for responding.
I told the router its internal and external ports are 6347 for TCP and UDP, and gave it the same ip as the ones listed above under preset applications- .100. I also enabled the presets. Earlier I noticed ZoneAlarm telling me LW was listening on ports other than 6347, now I dont even see its icon although it's shown as currently active. (I don't quite dig ZA) Should I forward the TCP/UDP ports I mentioned in my original post?
Regarding the error report, I don't have that in LW options... What exactly are you talking about there?

Port 6346 is essential in both UDP and TCP (or 6347 if you set it like that in LW), port 45100 is only for magnets I think.
For the exemple of a bug report I'll show you a French screenshot on where it is in options, héhéhé....

http://cmt.homeip.net/documents/exemple.jpg

Bonne chance

received incoming this session= false
 

Thanks for the clarification. Something indeed has helped, as I have downloads @ 6, 27, & 110 Kbps, as well as a single upload @ 37 Kbps. I'm happy to see an improvement, but somehow I'm still expecting more. Are these results typical of an optimized configuration?

If all settings and configurations are correct, than 'speed' is entirely dependent on the 'capacities' of the individuals with whom you are connected, and whatever other applications may be consuming your bandwidth...

Trying to Download files with the greatest number of sources will help, but there is nothing you can do to 'speed up' Uploads with the exception of devoting more of YOUR bandwidth to the task...

;)

false = you are still firewalled which is bad for speeds up and down...
Limewire config: look in options-advanced, select port and make it 6346, select firewall, check the case and make the port 6346, click apply.
ZA config: go to http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml and follow the directions.
Linksys config: as previoulsy said do the port forwarding thing and be sure of your lan address (i.e 192.168.1.100) : If it is given by DHCP look in your router webpage for the tab "DHCP", usually at http://192.168.1.1/DHCP.htm, then click on the button DHCP Clients Table to see the addresses given to you by the router. The last three digits are the one you put in the port forwarding tab of your router. I know this isn't easy, took me a while to figured this out when I got my first router.

Bonne chance

Thank you very much. That's the detail I've been looking for. I've got incoming=true, just about instant uploads, incoming searches pouring in, and speeds in & out whose values reflect what I'd expect when I make adjustments to max downloads, upload bandwidth, slots, etc.
I understand that there are multiple narrows to overcome throughout the pipe, and my intuition's been nagging at me that something's not quite right on this side. Originally, when I had looked at the DHCP tab, I'd only looked at what the starting IP was- I hadn't pressed the table button to see the list. I found my computer's name there, and saw that the last 3 were different than what I'd set previously. ZoneAlarm's squared away, it seems that there's not really much to it in there but changing java apps to "ask", and that's fine. Thank you again. I promise to pass it forward.

Haha! great, you can get all the power of Gnet now. As you understood my router and ZA blabla, I'll try to refer people to this thread when they get trouble with those.

Merci

I just read in another post (http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=24975) that someone's getting 4-5 Mbps as their common range.... Now I'm wondering hard about what's wrong here. I tend to get about 5 1K's, 3 30K's and 1 or 2 100-300M's. Maybe I'm making something outta nothing here, but could someone please tell me what's "normal"? I'm on a cable modem, and 10 in a row on Cnet's bandwidth meter (http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html?tag=tm) puts me between 3702.4 kbps & 6903.6 kbps, averaging 4901.1 kbps. I'll be the first to admit that I don't know networking, and don't know where to go in XP to optimize my transfers. I do know that my CPU's often real busy, and the hard drive seems pretty slow to read/write. Could these factors play into I/O speed? At least now I know my port forwarding's right, though. But where else can I improve?