all dl's 0 KB/s now for some reason
 

i start up lw (just installed latest version, problem still occurs), it goes through the usual process of loading old dls etc, lw connects; green bars in bottom left, the dls appear, one starts to dowload... all's normal. then a few mintues later, as is the case as i type, there's 5 files downloading ("Downloading from 8 hosts", "Downloading from 3 hosts", etc.) but all of them are at 0 KB/s. three green bars are still ok, i'm still able to search and get results, just not download any bytes. it stays theere saying it's downloading from multiple hosts but it isn't.

it's been like this for a couple of days now. if i quit lw, restart it i can download a tiny bit of a file right after starting lw until it all stops again.

any ideas what's wrong?

tia :)

it's downloading now :/ what on earth could that have been?


separately, why is, since moving to a new isp, the firewall sign always displaying (i'm not using any firewall)?

it's doing it again :( i know the 0 Kb/s is correct because the partially downloaded files aren't being modified.

as i say it started working a little while ago -- things were dl'ing but not now again.

any ideas what this could be?

oh yeah, and while nothing is able to download, things are able to upload from lw (as they are now as i type -- 4 uploads at the moment which are moving -- not 0 KB/s). also while nothing in lw is able to dl other internet apps work ok.

i changed the port number in lw's preferences, and it's now working again -- files are dl'ing. i have no idea if changing the port number helped -- it may not have as it started working again (see above) after it wasn't working and then i didn't change the port number

They say it's ok to talk to your self as long as you don't start answering back :D.

It sounds like your isp might be shaping your bandwidth.

right. it's doing it again. files are uploading, files are "downloading from x hosts" but not a single byte is added to the partial files.

what exactly does shaping you bandwith mean?

thanks

when i quit lw, restart it, often it says in the dl window files are downloading (by saying "Downloading from 3 hosts 9Kb/s" or whatever) for a minute or two, then goes to being fixed on 0Kb/s and i look at the partical files and they haven't been touched. just now i got about what i thought was say 3 minutes of download (maybe a bit less) but the partially dl'd files (according to their modification date/time -- and yes i've made sure i'm looking at fresh info) haven't been touched

bit more info: at the same time, while lw is uplading, and "downloading" (as in not downloading), bit torrrent is downloading (and uploading) ok

This could be where your problem lays....It's not wise to run two p2p apps at the same time...Turn off Bit torrent and see if you still get the same thing happening...;)

Thanks Hobo :),

It was undeserved but I was glad to accept. I've been well. I hope life has been treating you well also. I hope you'll be sticking around. A good mac and pc preson is hard to find ;).