need more hosts
 

hi ther, i have pro and it tells me i hav a 'turbo charged connection' but i stil cant get more than 4 hosts goin on any download, this does't bother me when i'm downloading songs but movies take 4ever! i'm new to this forum but i done a bit of lookin around and it seems some people can be able to get up to ten hosts. hope som1 out ther can help me wit this problem.....!!

Does this happen with all files that you download? You could try deleting the LW preferences folder (when LW's closed) & see of that helps. Points 2 & 3 here
Fixes for LimeWire
You'll have to reset all your options after doing this;)

Just make sure that your LW's set up for best performance too, there are some good tips in the thread below
Configuring LW for best performance

geeeez, i dont think that could be any less clear for someone like myself, can't make head nor tail of it. thanks anyway. :eek:

If you want to have a try but need more help, you could ask;)
It might look like too much of a pain... it's up to you!

ya thanks, i'm after savin the pages ill give em a proper look over tomoro. i guess i was hopin for a magic button or something less painful, how about if i uninstalled the LW an den reinstalled it. oh, an i was never able to get more than 4hosts. i only had 2 before getin PRO.

Just make sure that you've got the speed in LW (tools > options > speed) set right (eg. if you've got a cable/dsl speed, don't have the LW speed set to 'modem').

So wait Birdy, I got a connection that usually Dowloads around 50 kb/s minimum on a non-dialup connection, my max has gotten over 200 kb/s, what should mine be set to?

Spookster, do a speed test, find out your upload & download speed (it's not always what your ISP advertise).
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?more=1

Then when you know your speeds in KB/s (not kb... 8 bits = 1 Byte), you can set your speed according to the guides that LOTR posted in your other thread!

How do I start the test?

If you're not in the US, scroll down until you find your country & click on the link that's closest to you (some don't work, I don't know why!) & a speed test site should come up with instructions.

I live in the US, I clicked on the closest one, Miami, and It doesnt give a "start test" option or anything... What do I do?

birdy your a genius or i'm just not dat bright. i just messed around in the speed menu 4 a bit and voila i,m up to 10 hosts. no hassle! easy as! thanks again.

Good one! Happy downloading:D

Click on the "test your speed using our server in Miami" (it should highlight in red) & scroll down the page a fraction... there's a "start test" button.

I dont see the button, and I dont feel like going to my browser or anything like that this late, but I paid for 6mbps Cable so what should my LW speed be?

As far as I know.... T3

Well thats what they advertise here, but my usual speeds are.. here ile download a 10,000 kb Video file..


Speed is.. 107 kb/s so what would that be?

107 kb/s is 13 KB/s... are you sure you haven't got the bits & bytes mixed up?

My connection is "up to 8000 kb/s" (which is up to 8mbps) & I can download at almost 200 KB/s.

My LW shows downloads in KB/s... if you're really seeing kb/s then I think there's something really wrong with your connection:o
Grandpa... do you want to come in here...

I think you are a little mixed up as birdy says 8000kb/s notice the small (kb/s) would equal 100KB/s notice the capitol (KB/s) LimeWire reports your DL speed in (KB/s) 6mbps would equal about 750KB/s I see you are DL a single file at 200 KB/s that is about as good as you can do on a single file unless you get lucky and get a couple of really good host (T1, T3) that have allot of available bandwidth. You can probably reach your maximum capability if you were DL 4 or 5 files at a time.

My connection was just increased by my ISP at no charge and so far I haven't been able to max it out. I now have a line capable of DL at 1800 KB/s but I haven't been able to achieve that yet. But I will keep trying.:eek: :D