low download speed

[succi]

I've been Limewire user for about 2 months. It was very good at the beggining(download speed around 40 to 50 KB/S), but after 6 weeks the thing got too slow. I hardly get speeds over 2 to 4 KB/S now. I1ve not changed my internet access and anything else. I've read some previous posts in this forum but none helped me. I use windows XP and cable connection 1 mega.
Thanks for your help.

[birdy]

Download a file from here & see what speed you get
http://www.magnetmix.com/video.shtml

Try deleting LW's preferences folder when LW's closed. See points 2 & 3 below for instructions:wink:
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill your settings within options, you'll have to go back through & reset things later.

Do you see the firewall icon (brick wall in front of the blue globe)?
How many green connection bars do you see?
Who is your ISP?

[et0609]

i have the same problem. i have a brick wall in front of the globe, what does that mean?

[birdy]

The brick wall means that LW's detected a firewall. It could be a software firewall or it could be from within a modem/router.

Have a look here for lots of info about firewall probs
Connection problems? Check here first!

If you have the same problem as succi, did you try the things that I suggested?? What happened?

You might also have to give some info
System details - help us to help you

[succi]

Birdy,
Thanks for your reply. I've got no firewall icon. The speed bar always show excelent or PRO speed(all bars filled up). I did a spped test yesterday and the spped was 958 KB/S. My ISP is virtua megaflash(1 Mega spped).
My computer keeps fast for all others means in the internet - i just got slow to limewire!
Thanks again for the help.

[cleburneslim]

I have the same problem, I am on dsl ultra windows XP, I have a brick wall with blue globe showing, I tried to download for the speed test and it was 4kb, when I downloaded it went to limewire. My connection says Turbo Charged Connection

[birdy]

cleburneslim,
Download a file from the magnetmix link in post #2 & see what speed you get.
Who is your ISP?

succi,
What happened when you downloaded a magnetmix file...fast or slow?
Did you delete the preferences folder?
If the magnetmix files download slowly, it could be that your ISP has started throttling p2p? I had a look on Google & it looks that way (I can't read Portuguese so there's a bit lost in translation)

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.forumpcs.com.br/viewtopic.php%3Ft%3D142807&sa=X&oi=translate&resnu m=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvirtua%2Bmega%2Bflash%2B%2Bp2p%26hl%3 Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-USfficial_s%26hs%3D7C3%26sa%3DG

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.marfisa.org/artigos/p2p_virtua.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=resu lt&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvirtua%2Bmega%2Bflash%2B%2Bp2p%26hl%3 Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-USfficial_s%26hs%3D7C3%26sa%3DG

If you use Google to look for virtua mega flash - p2p you'll find more info.
You could try changing to a higher port (eg 64049) but honestly, I don't know if that would help. If you want to try, in LW tools > options > advanced > firewall config. On this page, change LW's listening port & port forwarded if you've set up port forwarding in your router. Change any port numbers allowed through a software firewall also. All port numbers have to be the same!

[succi]

Birdy,

I´ve downloaded a file from magnetmix and the speed was incredible 200KB/S!
Any thoughts about why songs come so slow?
I´ve already deleted the folders you suggested and it did no good. As a matter of fact i´ve done everything you told me to...
I got surprised about the speed of the download above.
I´ll try to do the search on google you wrote about.
I hope i could help you help me after this download on magnetmix - the speed was amazing. I think that shows the problem is not on my computer, doesn´t it?
Thanks again for helping, man!

[maxlibrati]

Hi !
Sorry for my english but it's not my native language. I have a big problem with limewire. I can't download files faster than 8 ko/s although I have a high speed connection (100 Mbits/s). I don't have a firewall icon and my Gnutella icon is completely green... I have downloaded a file from magnetmix and the speed average was... close to 1 ks/s...
What can I do ?
Many thanks for your reply !

[succi]

Birdy,

Just read the links on virtua megaflesh you posted. It seems to have a big problem on P2P connections...
Maybe that´s the point.