Connection fine, turbo, won't download
 

Hi, i installed Mirc, had a play then uninstalled it. Now i cannot connect to a download. Everything was fine before this I was downloaduing at speeds in excess of 50.

I have deleted my preferences folder, reshared my folders and i now connect quality is turbo. People are uploading from me but when i download a file the status line say connecting...... after about 10 mins it says need more sources. This is on every file i try and download.

I have a Dsl connection at 2meg, ran dslreport and everything is fine. Also ran the test posted and got the window saying ok. I have checked the firewall settings, ok.

can anybody help??

Try downlding a magnet link file from here & tell us what speeds you get: http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml Just click on downld & LW will take over. See Stief’s example: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...692#post138692 about what speeds you can potentially get.

Boo Hoo
 

Thanks for that.

I have tried downloading from the page. Limewire starts, connects, goes Turbo. I get the file connecting, and about 10 secs after.... need more sources. I downloaded directly from the LW skins page with no problem, just won't connect to other sources.

Did the speed test 1083 kbps down and 227kbps up, but I didn't think to close MSN and Netscape down first, silly me, but even so we got a fair speed result from the test.

Do u need any other information from me?? Would it be worth me reinstalling LW?

Me again!

Tried to do a d/l on bearshare. no problems. 4.8mb file in 29 secs. 708mb file predicted d/l under 2 hrs (i cancelled it, just wanted to test system).

Hmmmm

Just curious did you try to DL the same files on BS as you were trying on LW

Latter Grandpa

Yeah, tried the same files just in case it was what i was trying to d/l that was not working

Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Do you use LW on a part of a network or shared modem/router?
12. Do you run other p2p share programs at the same time? Do you use Irc at the same time?