Am i just completly stupid..... I tried to slide the upload scale but it only went up to almost 7. Im sorry i dont quite understand

Well, if you haven't set your speed correctly then that could happen.
I believe that you must have left it at 56k Modem. You need to change it to at least Cable/DSL.

insightbb
 

InsightBB does NOTrepeatNOT restict the use of the P2P LIMEWIRE. My ex-wife uses the latest Limewire edition and has no trouble with insight.

insightbb
 

InsightBB does NOTrepeatNOT restict the use of the P2P LIMEWIRE. My ex-wife uses the latest Limewire edition and has no trouble with insight.

I NEED HELP..
 

umm...im still not sure how to check my upload bandwidth....
i have a 256 Kb connection, which means i get speeds of about 25-30 Kbps...is this normal or can i download faster?

sharockinon, your speed is fine. As for the upload bandwidth, if I remember correctly, it is a fraction of the download bandwidth. I can't, however, remember what fraction that is.
You'll need to run some tests. Try Googling quite simply for "upload test"

You can do a speed test at the link below.


http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

hi
i have a 512kb cable connection and i get around 50 KB but sometime when im not connected to alot of hosts my speed hits 40 KB and drops down to about 20 then back up 30 is this ab-normal?

and also when im download and get upto "downloading from 10 hosts" is it possible to get more hosts than that?if yes , how?

thanks, anyone?

Your speed dropping like that isn't abnormal: it can be due to one (or more) of your uploaders establishing another connection with another user.
As for the "10 hosts" thing, I think that this is the limit.

Hi there
I am brand new here and to the whole file-sharing thing.
I'm not too hot on the old techie front either and want to ask what is possibly a really stupid question:

What does T1 and T3 mean.....?

This may not be the thread to ask this (maybe not even the right forum....) but I'm taking my chances.

they are broadband speeds

i wonder whats higher than T3

Thanks! I sort of realised that it was to do with speeds but...what are they exactly? And, more importantly, where can I can get it?

The reason I ask is because I assume it is the reason why downloading a 348mb file was still at 40% after 10 hours?
Or is that normal?

well it depends

i think if u download something from a user that has t3 or higher speed ur movie would d/l at top speeds becau

users with speeds of T3 have bigger upload speed so u can upload of them quicker

im think with T1 one u get speeds of 1MBps or higher

and with T3 up 20 000 Mbps and not 100% sure but

It's just that I can't really see how useful it's going to be to me. I paid for LW Pro because I thought it would be worth it but I can't really be doing with waiting 24 hours to download forty minutes of a video, plus it slowed everything down to the extent I thought I was under water.

Am I missing something?? Is file sharing only for those with "T1 or higher"?

Do a speed test the link below will take you there post the results here. Then give us a little info and maybe someone can help you.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

OS, Windows 98/2000/XP
CPU, P4 3.0 GHz/AMD 64 3200+Ghz
Memory, 256MB/512MB
Graphics/Video Card & Platform NVIDIA/Intel Extreme/Radieon & model
Connection, Dial-up/DSL
Internet servce provider, AOL,/ Comcast,/MSN
Modem and or Router brand and model
LimeWire Version 4.8.1/4.9.11
Java Version 1.4.2/1.5.4
What firewall you use if any
What Antivirus if any
Are you new to LimeWire or Experienced
An accurate description of your problem

Thanks very much in advance for any help. I'm afraid I am not at all technically knowledgeable or experienced and struggle to understand a lot of the language.

Download Speed: 463 kbps (57.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 222 kbps (27.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

OS, Windows XP
CPU, P4 3.0 GHz
Memory, 504MB
Graphics/Video Card & Platform NVIDIA/Intel Extreme/Radieon & model: I don't know what this means...
Connection, Broadband (.5 meg speed, I just upgraded to 1 meg but it hasn't taken affect yet)
Internet servce provider, Wanadoo
Modem : Speedtouch USB modem 330 ADSL
LimeWire Version 4.10
Java Version 1.4.2_03 (Java 2 Runtime Environment - is that the same thing?? Plus J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 2 and update 4)
What firewall you use if any: Windows
What Antivirus if any : McAfee
Are you new to LimeWire Yes
An accurate description of your problem:
I've only tried downloading so far and it took so long (10 hours for 40% of 348mb file) that I cancelled it. Also because it slowed the whole system right down.

Is there any reason you have so many versions of java on your machine. If not uninstall all of them then follow the instructions below.

You will need to install Java and LimeWire manually First go to the first link.You can find Links to java in there Download Java to your hard drive by putting a mark in the save to disc box. Save it to my documents or wherever you save downloads from the internet. Do the same with LimeWire the second link will take you there.

Now with that done click on start then control panel add/remove programs and see if Java is listed on the list if it is uninstall it. Do the same with LimeWire if the un installers were not loaded you may have to manually delete the files. But in most cases this is not necessary.

Now click on the Java installer you saved to your hard drive and follow the instructions after you have completed that do the same with LimeWire. Use the offline Java installer.

Please post back and let us know if it worked. If it did not I will give further instructions on manually deleting Java and LimeWire.


http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp


http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml

Thank you very much, Grandpa, for trying to help.
I carried out all your instructions (successfully) and tried to dowload another file. At first, I was really excited because it went at a cracking pace - over 70 KB/s - but very soon it slipped back down again and is now varying between 3 and 7....... :( And once again, all other applications have slowed down to a snail's pace.

Can you tell me, please, based on the information I gave about the speedtest and other stuff: should I be expecting anything else? Or is this as fast as I can expect?

Also, regarding the slowing down of other applications, is this connected in any way to the options for setting Download Bandwith? It is set at the default of 100% - is that why everything else is so slow? But if I reduce it, will that not just decrease the speed of downloads even more?

Thanks again for your advice.

Try the .limewire fix in the link below.

You should be DL at about 50KB/s or faster depending on conditions. Set download bandwith to 45KB/s and Upload to around 20KB/s if you are going to be on the net while downloading. If the above fix doesn't help you may need a different Java.


http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36420

I will try the fix you suggest, but in the meantime....
I couldn't set the bandwith to 45KB/s because it doesn't go that high and then I realised it's because connection speed is set at 'Cable/DSL', which I presumed was the right one for me. Which goes back to my very first question: what do T1 and T3 mean?

I've tried to find this out for myself but no luck (at least not in language I can understand).

I just checked the link but it says "WARNING: The 3. "Repair" process will NOT work on versions of LW 4.4 or later due to different type of installer!"
So presumably it won't work on 4.10 PRO? Or am I being incredibly dense...?

Check again that is fix #3 not the .limewire fix. Set your bandwith to 43KB/s if you are going to be on the net.

T1 and T3 are very fast speeds and setting your bandwith to T1 will slow you down even more the minimum upload on T1 is around 200KB/s I think.

The link below will help explain T1 and T3.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Signal_1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-carrier

Doh! It was late.....

I don't know why or how but everything seems to be working just fine now, so I haven't needed to the .limewire fix.

Thanks again for your help!
:) :) :)

so what was the problem?

hello.

i tried all the tips and at first it seemed to be bang on, taking my ave d/l speed up from 20 kbs right up to the 70s 80s, even 94 kbs!

magic.

now about 15 mins later im looking at 40 kbs for 1 file, and then 9 kbs for another file - both being d/l simultaneously...

now do i have to do more tweaking? in which case i'll happily supply some more details.

or is this to be expected, that the max d/l speed will go up and down and up etc etc

thanks

correction: now only a few hours later, im struggling to muster 4/5 kbs 0 i've tried changing my maximum downloads several times and nothings changing....

how can i tell what type of internet connection i have in order to choose the right option in "speed" ?

and what is a "file with many sources" i can download to test my speed?

please help a newbie.... i cant help that im a newbie!

Use the link below to test you connection speed.

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?more=1

hmmm.... i had a look back at the answers you gve to Babi Yaga seems he had the same problem i did,

as soon as i installed the recent version of java it all went great again!

perhaps that was the problem, or maybe the time of day...... maybe LW is tempermental..... i dunno

thank you very much anyway!

Upload/Download Not Flexible Enough
 

I noticed the other day that not only were my dowloads slow, buy my entire internet connection was too. Checking what was going out of my connection, I could see it was up to my absolute limit with people uploading from me. This was causing my downloads and my entire connection to go slow.

Not a problem I thought, I'll just move the slider down a bit. But with my cable internet connection, my upload speed is 1/10th of my download speed, so even at the bottom of the scale it was too high. The only method I could think of to reduce the upload bandwidth was to set my conection as a 56k modem, which didn't allow for as high an upload bandwidth as I would otherwise have given.

Is there anyway to set this with a little more flexibilty? Other people must have come acoss this type of problem before?

Download speed - 6702 kbps
upload - 953 kbps
Windows XP
Connection- cable (xtreme)
Internet service provider- Shaw cable
Modem-Motorola (model 585100) and Router -Netgear
LimeWire Version 4.10.3
Java Version 1.5.0_06
What firewall you use if any- ?
What Antivirus - Norton System works 2003
Are you new to LimeWire or Experienced- new
An accurate description of your problem- I was wonering if when I set up the speed if I use cable or T1 or T3- and does this make a difference?

uve got T3 or Higher

btw your sentence didnt make a lot of sense:confused:

Thank you and you are correct- I did not read it a second time before submitting it- sorry about the confusion.

That is 837KB/s Download and 119KB/s You should use cable or T1

what happens if your speed was cable and u chose the lower or higher speeds like dial-up/isdn and T1, T3?

First of all I’d like to apologize in advance if any of the following questions have been dealt with before. Since however I don’t have the time to browse everything in the forum I decided to go ahead with posting my questions here. By the way, I did have a look already at the forum, faq, tips and learned a few things for which I am grateful.

Before I proceed with the questions I should add that I’m a new user of LimeWire and my general knowledge of computers is rather limited I’d say so please don’t fry me if any of my questions are too silly.

Question 1: Can the downloading/uploading settings (options, downloads, uploads, percentage of bandwidth) ever be accurate? I tested my connection, I have broadband, but every time the tests yielded different results.

Examples of the results I got:
1 Download size: 200 KB Download time: 15.547 seconds Download speed: 103 Kbps (kilobits per second)
2 Download size: 200 KB Download time: 10.735 seconds Download speed: 149 Kbps (kilobits per second)
3 Download size: 200 KB Download time: 5.422 seconds Download speed: 295 Kbps (kilobits per second)

Question 2: If I understand it right the downloading speed depends among other things on where the host is located. How is it possible, if it is at all, to determine where the host is?

Question 3: I’ve read in the forum people talking about using LimeWire at optimum speeds. What would be the optimum downloading speed for a broadband connection, if let say I am downloading from a single host with T1 connection?

Question 4: How is it possible to download something only from 1 or 2 hosts when the search showed that there are let say 10 hosts?

Question 5: How is it possible to download something at zero speed? I would imagine that either something is downloadable or it is not. The zero speed and still downloading does not make much sense to me.

Question 5: What is killing an upload (right click on an up-loader in the monitor screen)?

That’s it for now. Thanks for any answers in advance. I should add before I end this that my main problem is downloading big files (movies) at small speeds. With songs LimeWire works just fine for me.

Cheers

ok i guess i am just not following cause i have done all of it an am slower now i dont think i get the number of download thing and what should the download bandwith be set at how many downloads should i start with this all has confused me even more

Dld && Uploads?
 

Im new to limewire ..i have spent the past 2 days looking at the different threads.. when i first downloaded limewire my download speeds were really high.. now its takes forever to download and mostly says need more hosts ..i dont know how to configure my download and upload speeds to my bandwidth.. my dowload= 348 kbps and uploads= 117 kbps ..what should i do with that information.. im sorry another question_everytime i shutdown my computer.. turn it on && try to get into limewire it says cannot find shortcut.. so i have to install the program everytime!! wats the problem here??

i have cable && windows XP.. Norton Anivirus(which i configure to perimt all of LW).. if this helps!?

Thanks

Thank you!

I tried your suggestions once and my speed went up big time already!

Will fine tune, but for now,

thank you

thank you

thank you!

what is your maximum downloads set to?
 

Hi. I have followed these configurations and I am not sure that I have the optimum speeds. I was wondering if I could have some examples of what people that are having good speeds, their number of maximum downloads?

My specs are:

Windows XP
Pentium 4, 2Ghz processor, 512MB ram
cable modem
Limewire 4.10.5
Firewall: ZoneAlarm
anti-virus: AVG free
download speed: 2445 kbps (305.7 KB/sec)
upload speed: 498 kbps (62.3 KB/sec)

My maximum downloads are set to: 10, is that not enough? My speeds range from 2KB/s - about 40KB/s.

Thanks!

Download Speed Limit
 

I am consistently limited at 15KB/s Download...

I measured my connection at 1655 dL and 343 Upload.

My dL performance seems to be independent of whatever settings I use for Upload and Download ...

I've used DL's of 8-20 with no change in performance...

Upload is set at 38KB/s.

Any Ideas...??? I've read all 13 pages worth of this thread without anything that seems to apply to me...

Thanks,
Ron

genral comment
 

I've just signed on to this so feel free to tell me where i;m going wrong, or more specifically, where this should be directced but... can people please not put names on things that are blatently wrong?! Please

Songs and such i'm talking about, like putting a name on somthng that you cant possibly think is...

Download bandwith trick. Why?
 

I tried to read all the post to see if this had been addressed, but when I read through 20 about bits and bytes, I stopped.

I understand that I'm only getting 2-5Kbps because the speed limits at the OTHER end of the connection. I can get 8-10Kbps on website downloads, but no Limewire (dial-up).

I was adjusting the download bandwidth bar down to 3-4 Kbps so the spouse could browse. When I adjusted to No limit later, I noticed the speed jumped to 11-12Kbps on several of my download. Later it fell to 5-6Kbps.

I am just trying to understand how it can go so high, but it won't stay.

Lime Take Over
 

:confused:
Hi, So I just downloaded and am using the LW to pick up and share some cool tunes.
However, when I close the application, it mysteriously re-opens itself.
I went into options, and one of the last choices, barely visible was 'allow LW to start on system start up...[sic]'
The option was unchecked, so as to 'not' allow it to automatically start up...???
I checked it, and unchecked it just for good measure. But it has no effect. LW just seems to do what it wants to do... Which is start when it feels like it...



:confused:

reopening
 

I may be wrong, but it took me a while to realize that you have to right click on the icon in the system tray and exit as opposed to clicking the X in the rh corner. This may be your issue.

kcandme,
Sounds like you have a virus, it's common at the moment. Point 4 in this thread deals with it
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=41432

Please read the whole thread, it's got great tips for avoiding virus probs in the future;)

Thank You
 

Yeah, I think you are correct sir.
I'm sorry, I downloaded something else along with some music.
I did a file of a size that certainly would not be what I searched for. When searching for XP Media, don't download a file of 40,000kb. DUH!
I have initiated the process of clearing the system. I should be in good shape soon.

Thank You for your help.
KC

lol lil confused on help
 

Ok I rem. some stuff about speed when had a modem,now on adelphia cable how do I check (find my speeds)Need to tweek my LW have tried many diff. settings on slots, downloads, uploads, eic. all that failed. When I first got LW pro think was 4.6.1 I was amazed how fast it was, comp.'ed to modem. Now on 4.10.9 it is so slow I can't beleieve it's like a modem download speed and uploads are faster , so I cut uploads to 0 and still is slow as a snail! I use XP pro, 2.8ghz proc., built in motherboard web inhancers, 1394 net adapter, Intel Pro/100 VE network connection

I tested my connection at testmy.net....and my connection came back wit...

6351 Kbps or 6.4 Mbps (775 kB/s)

i have comcast internet...

but ne way when i download movies on limewire..my average
kb/s is around 90-120kb/s should it be around that or should it go faster......

Optimizing LW
 

After reading through all 14 pages of this thread and trying all suggested hints, I still haven't cracked the nut, so to say (you'll understand what I mean after reading the rest; if someone finds the time to do so).

First infos on my system:

Regarding my system:
1. OS version? (Eg: Windows 98)
XP Pro SP2
2. What firewalls you have?
Windows built-in
3. How much ram?
1.024 GB
4. Hard Disk space available?
Drive C: 13.7 GB, Drive D: 9.27 GB (more or less)
5. Connection type? (Eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
ADSL 512kb/s - 256kb/s by TT&T Thailand
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
King Com ADSL USB Modem - Conexant AccessRunner USB ADSL WAN Adapter
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
from home
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
LW 4.9.23 PRO, FW 4.9.37 & 4.9.10, Java 1.5.0_05 and 06 (I'm back at 06)
9. Who is your ISP provider? ( AOL/MSN/Comcast/Tiscal)
TT&T Max Net
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
Not sharing with anyone, though I've installed LW and FW, I never run both at the same time.

Besides those information, I've been running 'Peer Guardian 2' (disabled at the moment) and the Firewall from XP without any problems up until that crash. I regularily check my system with AVG Anti Virus, Ad-Aware, Spybot, Spy Sweeper, Bug Doctor and Error Doctor. Besides, I'm running the BOINC client with Einstein, Seti, Climate and LHC @home.

My LW setup:

Cable/Dsl
Disable Ultrapeer Capabilities: NOT checked (marked)
Enable OOB Searching: checked (marked)
Maximum D/L: 15
D/L Speed: 100%
Upload bandwidth: 20.12 KB/s
Uploads per person: 1
Max upload slots: 5
Listen on Port: 35248
Use UPnP: checked (marked)
Allow freeloaders: rarely

Tests I've been conducting following the suggestions here in this thread:
Speed Tests:

First Speed Test from 9.18 pm till 9.24 pm Bangkok time with LW open via http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Server SF/Ca = d/l 244 kbps - u/l 120 kbps ( d/l 30.5KB/s - u/l 15.0KB/s )
Server NY/ = d/l 267 kbps - u/l 111 kbps ( d/l 33.4KB/s - u/l 13.9KB/s )
Server Se/Wa = d/l 276 kbps - u/l 77 kbps ( d/l 34.5KB/s - u/l 9.6KB/s )
Server LA/Ca = d/l 309 kbps - u/l 91 kbps ( d/l 38.6KB/s - u/l 11.4KB/s )
Server Da/Tx = d/l 194 kbps - u/l 86 kbps ( d/l 24.3KB/s - u/l 10.8KB/s )
Server Chi/IL = d/l 331 kbps - u/l 106 kbps ( d/l 41.4KB/s - u/l 13.3KB/s )
Server Atl/Ga = d/l 308 kbps - u/l 106 kbps ( d/l 38.5KB/s - u/l 13.3KB/s )
Server Wa DC = d/l 251 kbps - u/l 109 kbps ( d/l 31.4KB/s - u/l 13.6KB/s )

Second Speed Test from 9.25 pm till 9.32 pm Bangkok time with LW closed and the same test side.

Server SF/Ca = d/l 423 kbps - u/l 197 kbps ( d/l 52.9KB/s - u/l 24.6KB/s )
Server NY/ = d/l 425 kbps - u/l 194 kbps ( d/l 53.1KB/s - u/l 24.3KB/s )
Server Se/Wa = d/l 422 kbps - u/l 197 kbps ( d/l 52.8KB/s - u/l 24.6KB/s )
Server LA/Ca = d/l 424 kbps - u/l 199 kbps ( d/l 53.0KB/s - u/l 24.9KB/s )
Server Da/Tx = d/l 426 kbps - u/l 196 kbps ( d/l 53.3KB/s - u/l 24.5KB/s )
Server Chi/IL = d/l 413 kbps - u/l 194 kbps ( d/l 51.6KB/s - u/l 24.3KB/s )
Server Atl/Ga = d/l 424 kbps - u/l 197 kbps ( d/l 53.0KB/s - u/l 24.6KB/s )
Server Wa DC = d/l 421 kbps - u/l 195 kbps ( d/l 52.6KB/s - u/l 24.4KB/s )

Since I am in the nothern part of Thailand, I decided to try some speed tests using Asian servers with LW closed. The first at 9.47 pm and the second at 9.51 pm

1st a Malaysian server via 'xpeedometer'.......result:
d/l 342 kbps/s (d/l 42KB/s) for 500KB size in 11.937 sec.

2nd an Indonisain server via http://www.mystarone.com/speedtest
.......result:
d/l 463 kbps/s (d/l 58.04KB/s) without infos regarding size and duration

To my present state of condition with opened LW at 10.10 pm:

23 movies in download queue with "need more source"
1 movie in download queue with "connecting......" (trying to connect)
8 movies in download queue connected to host(s)
- 1st movie with 5 hosts at 54% d/l speed 0 - 1KB/s
- 2nd movie with 3 hosts at 51% d/l speed 0 - 2KB/s
- 3rd movie with 3 hosts at 48% d/l speed 0 (without displaying remaining time)
- 4th movie with 2 hosts at 33% d/l speed 0 (with displaying remaining time)
- 5th movie with 4 hosts at 32% d/l speed 0 - 1KB/s
- 6th movie with 3 hosts at 30% d/l speed 2 KB/s
- 7th movie with 1 hosts at 23% d/l speed 0 (without displaying remaining time)
- 8th movie with 2 hosts at 20% d/l speed 0 (without displaying remaining time)

2 people are in the progress of uploading a movie from me. Both are using LW and the upload speed varies from 0 - 4 KB/s

Information from the lower part of the LW window:

poor connection (while writing all this my connection went up to "good connection")
globe without brickwall
77 files to share
d/l 9@0 - 10 KB/s (varies)
u/l 2@0 - 4 KB/s (varies)

Result of bug report conducted at 10.15 pm:

Receive Incoming Session : true

So, I first like to appologize if my information is so extensive, but I thought (following the advice of some moderators here) it would be better to give you to much than not enough.

My question is, as you can imagine, regarding the low d/l and u/l numbers. Any idea where I have to change something, or adjust, or tune, or whatsoever to get both numbers to an exceptable level ????:confused: :eek: :confused:

Besides, thanks for taking the time reading all this and all the other stuff we non-geeks ask you on a daily basis (specially me:cool: :rolleyes: :cool: )

Okay, now it's already 24 hrs later (4-4 06) and my limewire shows:

9 files connected to 36 hosts (all-in-all) with a download rate fluctuating between 1-9 KB...........

Sometimes I feel like crying when I read some users' concerns in a drop of download speed from 50 KB to 30 KB

foolofthehill

If no one replies tonight. I will do some research tomorrow. I have to get to bed now. I have a long day at work tomorrow. I will check on this thread tomorrow when I get home from work.

Well to start off you mention a crash what happen. Did you end up reformatting and reinstalling windows. If so are all things the same as before is your computer set up with the same programs/ISP/Firewall/routers/modem ?

It was rather a FW program crash than a complete system crash. And my wife confirmed the displayed error message (means, justy clicked 'OK') and then restarted the computer. In general, my system runs pretty well. No conficts, no system crashes every now and then, no freezing, no hanging, no viruses, no spy or adware. I can even run several applications at the same time without the computer becoming sluggish (i.e. LW, Win AVI video convert and the BOINC client, which runs always in the background, and FireFox browser). My computer set up is the same I've used for 6-8 month. The same for router, firewall, ISP.