just tried a direct connection with my static IP and the firewall off (and yes--forced IP off). I've been an UP for about 45 mins, connected to 50-60 hosts, but most only last a few minutes. Uploads are still lousy (can't see a big difference between UL's as leaf behind a router or as UP with a direct connection). I guess I'm using my bandwidth to pass on gnutella messages, so maybe that's helping?

[edit--sam: CPU % stayed between 27 and 46; very reasonable I think]

hi stief -- if your concern with cpu usage is related to compression, then the stats you should look at are under advanced->gnutella->compression. to actively allow compression, goto your preferences and choose advanced->compression, and make sure that both options are UNCHECKED.

hi sam--no problem with cpu usage here; I've always allowed compression (looks like a good idea), but would really like to set up so I give more than I take and let the rest of the family use the net.

The stats are a great help learning what gnutella does. Do let us know what info would help the project (and what comments get in the way!). btw--as an UP, 2:3 looks to be the ratio of actual:potential for both up and down.

hey... there's a lot of OSX users who can't connect in the 'connection' section of the forum. they all seem to be connected to the internet but limewire gives them the 'brief green dot'.

i have no OSX and can't reproduce the problem. has any of you had problems of that kind with 10.2.x and 2.9.10.

Same here. I'm running as an Ultrapeer, and get nearly no positive answers to my search. If I select leaf mode, I get much more results.

Why not make it an option to disable DNS lookup.

Sometimes I seem to get better results, running LimeWire in ultrapeer mode, so I guess it's still a little luck involved in searching.

hi trap_jaw

if not too difficult, would you tell me how to "disable DNS Lookups" so I can test this . . . or say why not to bother?

ps--sigh--care to say why you changed your nic again? Whim I appreciate, but if politics . . . in the few months here, haven't seen any reason for you to be banned.

I don't think you can disable DNS lookups. But I could try adding an option to do that. - Provided I find the time, - I've been a rather busy lately.

P.S.
The banning is a personal argument with one of the mods (who is not actively posting here anymore). I told him I can change my eMail-address & create a new account more quickly than he could ban me, and now he seems to be testing my persistance.

DNS lookups are minor compared to partial file sharing and your studies, but thanks for the suggestion. Just thought the DNS behaviour might be related to the problems being an Ultrapeer behind slower routers on OSX (your favourite OS). I'll see if I can test with a better router in the meantime.

Sorry to hear about the argument--glad your persistance is strong. Lots of us know about symptoms of problems with gnutella, but I rely on your regular posts to separate coincidence and platform specific problems from code problems. You even have solutions! Thanks for continuing to post. Perhaps the mod would either chip in and help or get out of the way.

Hmmm--The Unforgiven is one of Clint Eastwood's best movies. What's the statute of limitations in this forum?

Usually, DNS lookups arent very expensive, - mainly because they are often quite slow.

By the way, it just occurred to me that if you hide the Connection View, LimeWire should never do DNS-Lookups, because the hostname is not requested by the GUI.