hey I missed what was going on here. Who can tell me how many nibbles = one mega byte? Who has the biggest mouth, lol. That's something I learnt back in my electronic days; just after they invented the wheel. (Reminds me of Monty Python & the square wheel.) As far as metric & Imperial, I went thru the changeover whilst I was at primary school so I don't have any probs with either. I still often convert back to imperial if I'm not sure depending on what it is. Some habits die hard.
Actually I haven't as yet got onto broadband (it's been ordered.) Should be within 2-3 weeks.

For dial-up b/c the upld & dwnld bandwidth is the same thing, you need to balance it so there's enough for both. Remember that using LW there's not going to be much more than about 6-7 KB/s available for both. One or 2 people uplding (I have it set to one so they're assured of a constant data flow. Though I generally have several people queuing up. I balance that out by only allowing 1 upld/person. Not sure if it applies here but anyway.) Upld bandwdth I'd suggest set to b/w 1.75 to just over 2. For dwnlding I have it set to 4 max dwnlds, however I wouldn't recommend that for everybody. I'd suggest starting with one/2 to see how that goes. I'd suggest use very high to max dwnld speed. You can make small variations of these settings for yourself to find what suits your setup the best. Disable UP capabilities. I once in a while increase my upld bandwidth to max to help someone out, but that's only after I've finished dwnlding something. Sharing 'really does' help with your your connection, etc.

What's important on dialup is to make greatest use of your resources. I share plenty of files (some people filter out those who don't share more than a certain no. - so with people uplding from me I can connect to more peers for better results & generally no probs connecting - unless they filter out dialup users.) Effective search & dwnld techniques are important (remember you don't have too much bandwidth to play around with) see this link for some hints. Try not to force resume files unless you really need to. If your LW backup prefs still recognise them, then their dwnld % will remain intact. Instead search Gnutella for resources & reselect the file to dwnld. Force resume will cause the file to continually search out for resources & if you have many of them, it will probably play havoc with your connection quality. I forgot to mention, if you attempt to dwnld too many files at once, of course they'll be queud. If you have your no. of dwnlds set too high, then you're going to get very low dwnld speeds. Steady as it goes with just a couple or so at once.
I hope these suggestions are helpful & points to keep in mind for contented LW use. We are very patient people. lol

thanks man but i never have seen a bar that lets u adjust dl and ul usage i use limewire v.4.0.7 could that be why?

bizzybone you'll find it under Tools-Options-Uploads & click the arrow & select Basic. For mac that's LW's Prefs-Uploads ...

Actually there's a difference b/w mac & windows here, mac refers to actual KB/s whereas win version LW refers to %.

For dial-up probably a setting b/w 10-30%

I don't think so. If I remember correctly, sliding the cursor will indicate the actual KB/s where it says Unlimited when the cursor is at 100%

murasame upon closer inspection, you're absolutely correct. I haven't' actually connected my win verison LW & hadn't adjusted the slider. But when I did slide it down it showed the actual upld bandwidth & the % didn't change at all so ignore that last post of mine!

Having more than 2 upld slots in a little bit crazy for dial-up. I used to have 2 or 3 but became tired of seeing them continually competing with each other & dropping off.

In general I only dwnld 2 files at a time, however having it set for more allows the chance that I might connect to that less common & 'more difficult to connect to' file I might have had sitting on my dwnld list for some time. But simultaneously dwnlding from more than 2 is putting them all at risk of losing connection whilst using dial-up. This is the chance & risk I play. It's safer to just have it set to one/2.

you can also use the arrow keys for finer control of the slider, but even then not all numbers will show. Just find the setting close to your preferred speed.

murasame
THANK YOU for this thread!!!! I went from 3KB/s to 62,75 or 84KB/s!!!!!!
Thanks again!!:D :D :D

Well, I'm glad to see it has helped someone, because some of the info might (or might not) be more or less false, as I am in no way a computer whizz.

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Hi, read all the thread and made the changes recommended. At least now I see upload activity. I have 256 upstream on dsl/cable, so made the change to 27, 3 per person and slots set at 8. As well my downloads I have set at 5. I can download just fine but I noticed that others are only able to upload at very slow speeds...anywhere from 0 to 3k/ps. A lot of the time they are at 0 or transfer interupted. Is there anything else I can do to help this?

Thanks for any advice so that my files are not quite so frustrating? As mentioned, they are able to upload but must be the most patient people in the world.....

Jacqui

Well, they don't necessarily have to wait: if another source has the files you serve and they are able to connect to it, then it's ok.
It goes without saying though, that the more sources, the better.
When I check my uploads, if there's only one user uploading, they'll usually get around 11KBps. More than one upload means less upload bandwidth for every user: how many users are you uploading to (on average)?