Blade Blade

There are allot of modems that will do that especially if you do allot of downloading. You don't have to wait until LimeWire is running though you can unplug your modem for 15 sec then plug it back in. When you start LimeWire it will have good speed. This also works with allot of routers especially Linksys routers.

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Thanks Grandpa, that's good to know. Although I only noticed the slow downs in LW not with browsing. I also used a speed testing website and before I launch LW my speed is at the max, even after brwosing the net for a while, more yet using downloading programs such as Speed Download. My bandwidth stays at the top. However even after I quit LW my speed stays very low as if LW ties up most of the connection an it doesn't releases it even when I quit it. However, if I unplug my modem and then back again my bandwidth is back to the max again.

Figure this out?? I tested it a few times, I get the same results every time.

Oh by the way I do have a Linksys router too, I'll try to play with that too.

I also have a Linksys and If I do heavy DL at around 350Kb/s to 750KB/s for several hours it will create a bottle neck in my router and my DL speed will drop to below 200Kb/s if I reboot my Linksys it will clear it up. I have found over time that if you properly configure Your Linksys for either UPnP or Port Forward the frequency that you have to reboot it decreases.

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Hi Grandpa

I've been following your exchange here with Blade Blade and I'm wondering if you might have a minute (or two) to take a look at a post of mine several days ago where I tried to find some more ideas in increasing the d/l speed. You'll see in the post that I did quite some tests before posting.
Here is the link: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...=27036&page=14

Well, I reset my modem just before I went to sleep and let my computer on all night. Downloads were in the 20s up to 80 with some files before I left them. In the morning some of the files were still running and connected to even 9 hosts but they were down to the low to mid 10s again. Yes looks like somehow it does build up a bottle neck in the long run.

So I reset the modem again this morning and the same files are back to mid 30s to mid 50s.

I have yet to play with my Linksys too, I just wish the LimeWire developers would look into this. I don't recall this happening in the past with even lower versions. I am tempted to try going even lower versions like in the 4.6 range.

It's not a LimeWire problem it is a firmware problem in the Modem's/Routers LimeWire's efficiency over taxes their capabilities. You can limit your DL bandwidth until you find what they can handle.

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Anyone knows other share programs besides LimeWire? I'd like to try others as well. I know there are others for the Windows system, are there any other available for the Macintosh platform?

The Link below should be of some help.


http://www.slyck.com/index.php

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