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Old July 10th, 2005
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My ISP uses PPoE and when I was checking through my router settings to disable my SPI firewall, I noticed a setting for the MTU. This was set to 1500 and it recommends 1492 for PPoE.

I just changed it to that setting and it worked fine after that.
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Old July 10th, 2005
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Default Need help w/ slow connection (data inside)

i plucked the following questions from this thread, and hope with my answers someone might be able to help. my connection is painfully slow (with .mpg files and 6 hosts i get up to 90KB/s d/l - but single-source files are almost always <5, most often 0-3 .. VERY rare occasions 40.

i also notice people are getting pathetic upload speeds from me - and would like to help frustrated others who want files from me too!

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) XP Pro
2. What firewalls you have? Sygate
3. How much ram? 512 MB
4. Hard Disk space available? 28 GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) cable (~3.5 KB/s)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Netgear WGB511
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)? home
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. 4.8.1 - 1.4.2
9. Who is your isp provider? comcast
10. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. first try (but problem the same as before recent addition of router)

** had given limewire full access in sygate, but not via advanced settings. went to advanced and 'act as client - act as server' were both checked (for both netgear and limewire) as was 'allow ICMP' - there are no values entered (i'm now in over my head when going beyond what i thought was full access with a basic check)

** XP firewall is not enabled

limewire won't allow copy/paste of bug report (how do other people do it? typing all that or allowed in pro version or...?) but here is some data (don't know what's important...)

connected - true
ultrapeer connections - 3
acting as shielded leaf - true
active uploads - 1
active managed d/l - 2
active HTTP downloaders - 2
rcvd incoming this session - false
shared files 617
guess capable - false
rcvd solicited UDP - true
simpp version - 7
port stable - false
TWT capable - false
last reported port - 4692
external port 6346
IP pongs rcvd - 197

i've had computers for 20 years, but am am new to cable, P2P, router.. not technical and this area is completely foreign to me. in other words, i'm not an idiot, but i'm an idiot.

thanks for any help!

jill
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Old July 10th, 2005
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Hi Jill,

We need to get your Received Incoming This Session saying true instead of false. Disable your SPI firewall on the router and then try. Also change your MRU setting to 1492 and try. If that doesnt try 1400.

Let us know if it doesnt work.

Rob.
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Old July 10th, 2005
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the problem existed before i intalled the router two days ago, i.e. the router didn't worsen the problem. that's why my ignorant lay-person's guess is that there's something in my firewall or other config that's the problem. (and - i don't know how to disable the router firewall - netgear walked me through installation...)

sadly, i have no clue where to find the MRU setting - because i don't know what it is.

i know how hard it is when clueless people ask for help ...

jill
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Old July 10th, 2005
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Disable your sygate firewall and then try. Also how many ppl are you downloading from

Rob
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Old July 10th, 2005
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i installed limewire a couple of weeks ago and went through reading and tweaking since then. the problem has always been the same.

i had disabled the firewall and it made no difference, tried it again now, and same. i never uninstalled and reinstalled limewire, though will try that tomorrow if it seems it could be worth a shot. i know to preserve incomplete files and the downloads.dat file - anything else?

should i call comcast and ask if there's anything on their end, re P2P? i looked at a listing and comcast got a user thumbs-up for P2P.

guess i want to try everything possible before messing w/ my newly-installed router. i had posted about this problem last week before i even set up the router - and i'm concerned i'll end up with netgear tech support to bail me out (though they were fine....)

thanks for your input, bob.
jill
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Old July 11th, 2005
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What are the download speeds you are getting again?

Completely remove limewire and then reinstall the program (do a search of your hard drive for limewire and delete all folders call that). The main one that holds all the settings is called ".limewire" and this is located in the root of your user account folder (eg C:\Documents and Settings\Rob). If you delete this before a complete reinstall and then launch limewire again it will ask you some setup questions.

Give it a try then post the results here.


Rob.
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Old July 12th, 2005
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Smile having same problem

I am having the same problem with excessively slow download speeds. I have always had download speeds not in excess of 15 kb/s.

I do not upload to this network, as my firewalls do not allow connections to my computer. I use Symantec Corporate AV, ZoneAlarm, and a D-Link DI-524 wireless router. The problem existed before any of these protections. I used NIS and NAV before.

The problem cannot by caused by spyware. I use Spybot S&D (1.3) and SpywareBlaster (3.4), the best programs known to the computer world.

Any information would help.
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Old July 13th, 2005
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I heard 1 of u saying something bout changing the MTU setting to 1492 or sumthin.. wads that? I have been having problems wif my limewire for like a few months already... I am able to connect and search but when downloading, i get 0-2 KB/s. It was 25-50 Kb/s before.... I was wondering could it be a java problem? cos i disabled my firewalls, ended all my startup tasks and i still could no get satisfactory download speeds... Pls help thx...
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Old July 13th, 2005
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I just updated limeware to the beta version and when i logged in i got a internal error. Dont know what to do with it, but here are specs of computer and and review from error.

OS: Windows XP with SP2
Ram: 512
HDD Space Avail: 83.52 GB
Connection Type: Broadband DSL (3.0 Mbps)
Connection location: Home
Firewall: ZoneAlarm Security Suite
(Limeware Ver. : 4.9.2 Pro) Java ver. : 1.5.0_02
Router/Connection: none: direct connection

Bug Review

LimeWire version 4.9.2 Pro
Java version 1.5.0_02 from Sun Microsystems Inc.
Windows XP v. 5.1 on x86
Free/total memory: 1167568/16367616

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: low: 16384, high: 0
at com.limegroup.gnutella.downloader.Interval.<init>( Interval.java:24)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.downloader.DownloadWorker.g etDownloadInterval(DownloadWorker.java:1083)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.downloader.DownloadWorker.a ssignGrey(DownloadWorker.java:1005)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.downloader.DownloadWorker.a ssignAndRequest(DownloadWorker.java:779)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.downloader.DownloadWorker.c onnectAndDownload(DownloadWorker.java:298)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.downloader.DownloadWorker.r un(DownloadWorker.java:206)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.ManagedThread.managedR un(ManagedThread.java:60)
at com.limegroup.gnutella.util.ManagedThread.run(Mana gedThread.java:49)


-- listing session information --
Current thread: DownloadWorker
Active Threads: 28
Uptime: 1:44
Is Connected: true
Number of Ultrapeer -> Ultrapeer Connections: 0
Number of Ultrapeer -> Leaf Connections: 0
Number of Leaf -> Ultrapeer Connections: 5
Number of Old Connections: 0
Acting as Ultrapeer: false
Acting as Shielded Leaf: true
Number of Active Uploads: 2
Number of Queued Uploads: 0
Number of Active Managed Downloads: 1
Number of Active HTTP Downloaders: 0
Number of Waiting Downloads: 0
Received incoming this session: false
Number of Shared Files: 815
Guess Capable: false
Received Solicited UDP: true
SIMPP version: 7
Port Stable: true
FWT Capable: true
Last Reported Port: 10306
External Port: 6346
IP Pongs Received: 39

-- listing threads --
HttpClient-ReferenceQueueThread: 1
NIODispatcher: 1
PushUploadThread: 2
UDPScheduler: 1
Thread-8: 1
DownloadWorker: 1
Acceptor: 1
MulticastService: 1
AWT-EventQueue-0: 1
AWT-Windows: 1
AWT-Shutdown: 1
Timer-0: 1
Timer-1: 1
DestroyJavaVM: 1
JmDNS.RecordReaper: 1
MessageDispatch: 1
UDPUpdateThread: 1
QueryUnicaster: 1
ManagedDownload: 1
Java2D Disposer: 1
TimerQueue: 1
BlockingVF: 1
HttpClient-IdleConnectionThread: 1
QRPPropagator: 1
HTTPAcceptor: 1
DaapServerThread: 1
JmDNS.SocketListener: 1


-- listing properties --
FILTER_HASH_QUERIES=true
APP_HEIGHT=824
FILTER_WHATS_NEW_ADULT=false
FRACTIONAL_UPTIME=0.012303043
LAST_EXPIRE_TIME=1121039734540
SESSIONS=74
UPLOADS_PER_PERSON=2
RUN_ONCE=true
COUNTRY=
SHOW_TOTD=false
CLIENT_ID=4833772D19EA65ADCA59109DFBE4D100
UPLOAD_SPEED=74
LAST_SHUTDOWN_TIME=1121291672317
MAX_UPLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=48
TOTAL_UPTIME=350526
AVERAGE_UPTIME=4736
UNSET_FIREWALLED_FROM_CONNECTBACK=true
APP_WIDTH=1152
HARD_MAX_UPLOADS=5
INSTALLED=true
LAST_GWEBCACHE_FETCH_TIME=1121045371703
CONNECTION_SPEED=350
BLACK_LISTED_IP_ADDRESSES=10.;192.
MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES_PER_SEC=220
CLEAR_DOWNLOAD=true

If you can help with this one that would be appreciated.
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