Do she remember what the message was when LimeWire crashed. Try doing the .limewire fix in the link below.


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

The crash I've metioned in my conversation with LOTR was actually a Frost Wire crash, not a Lime Wire (sorry, I just copied that part of my post from a post I got a reply to from LOTR to a connection problem I had with both LW and FW -see here- http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...106#post199106 )
But I followed your link to the post of LOTR and of course tried again the .limewire fix (can't remember how many times I've already deleted this folder -I should already have a hole in my partition from doing so). I also tried/ am trying to download a movie from magnetmix (the_scene_xvid_episode 1, which has 31,196 KB). My download speed varies, as well as the number of hosts. 2-4 hosts with a download speed of 0-3 KB/s and frequently "Waiting on busy host", with Turbo Charged connection. I tried this download under varies set ups. Once with only this movie in my download field and all others canceled. Then once with all my incomplete downloads in the download field with "Awaiting hosts". And another time with 2-3 other movies trying to connect or being connected with download speeds of around 0-2KB/s per movie. The result for the magnetmix movie was/ is the same in every set up.:confused:

Just curious have you checked with your ISP and asked if they have started limiting bandwidth usage for p2p networks.

Well, having let my wife take care on this question two times already (Thai-to-Thai, so to say) and getting always the same reply...."Of course there is NO limit".....I took matters in my hand after reading your post. Well, after getting the same stereotype answer three times, I got a phone call on my cellphone from one of the "managers" telling me that they have been limitimg my bandwidth for the last 2 month. Unfortunately, today is Sunday and it's already past 8 pm, so there was only a poor employee who had to listen me coming through the phone by 500 db. As it is rather untypical for Thai people to be threatened with court oder and compensation request, my words might fall on fertile ground, so to speak. Tomorrow I shall get another call from a decision capable staff member to find common ground, which is for my taste: lifting the limitation or meeting in front of a court of law for breaking the agreed contract unilaterally. I'll keep you updated on that one (and thanks for staying on this one).:( :D :(

I forgot, in the last two days I got 2 LW crashes (internal error). Of the last one I've got the error message. Would you mind taking a look at it? For me it seems that it has something to do with JAVA 1.5.0_06 (but I am not sure), because I had _05 and _06 installed both at the same time. And since I've deleted the _05 version I had those 2 crashes

As near as I understand it you get those errors when you don't have enough direct memory/ram. From what I understand Java uses direct memory which is ram and virtual memory which is hard drive. Direct memory is faster than virtual memory and the limit on direct memory and virtual memory is set in the Java code. Which if you know how to write code you can change it. No I do not know how to write code.

Anyway if it is set to use to much direct memory then you will get this error. It is possible that Java is corrupt but I do not know. I have changed the format of your bug report to notepad it is essayer to read. The link below is to a thread in the beta section where you should post it with a description of what was happening with LimeWire at the time of the error,(If you know)

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=55367

Thanks Grandpa, I'll do so as soon as I am back from vacation (starting by NOW) :D :D :D

Have FUN :D :cool:

Hi from Czech Republic,
I would really appreciate some recommendations, because I am totally confused..My net conection should be quite fast:
download/upload - 3000kbps/300kbps
After some reading on this forum, I moved my upload bandwith to 32,5 kB/s, I chose T1 ( sonner I had T3), I have 2 uploads for person and 3 max, maximum downloads I have 20.
Download bandwith I have set up unlimited, because my 260kB/s is not on the scale.
And still I have ( already for too long) the lowest speed as is possible.., sooner I hadnt always been so bad as now, but on the other hand, it have never been as it should be. My average speed is now about 2kB/s and I am starting to cry. Please help me..

Hey White Shadow
 

I read this thread regularly and I've been using Lw for a while. Just my thoughts. You have your uploads set at 32.5. If the person you are downloading from has the same or smaller setting and 5 or 6 people are downloading from that person then you are all getting a piece of 32.5. Try downloading a file that shows 10 or more sources to see if your download speed increases. If it does, the problem is probably beyond your control. There are lots of variables beyond your computer.

Also, go to the site below to see if you are getting close to your advertised speeds. It will never be 100% but it should be 80% or so if your end is set up correctly.

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

I've cried over slow download speeds at T1 or better myself.

Well, now I tried to download some files with more sources than 10, but it seems that problem is something different..
Then I tried the speed test. Result is:
265kbps/58kbps
So I changed my my upload to 53 kbps, but I can't still see any improvements..
P.S. - thanks for your time

Just got a quick ? ISP says d/L speed is 6.0 Mbps and u/L is 512kbps. Did speed test with LW closed, results = d/L - 5984kbps & u/L - 422kps. What I would like to know is should I set my connection speed at cable/dsl or T1 or whatever.... ISP is Bellsouth Fast Access DSL. Any other help info for optimal performance will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

WhiteShadow, donp1371

We are going to need a little more info.

Can you give us a total description of your set up:
1. OS version? (Eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (Eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your ISP provider? ( AOL/MSN/Comcast/Tiscal)
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

* Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other. http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

12. Do This test, Is the result True/False?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...757#post103757 Is the result True/False

13. Do a speed test post the results here.

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

OS: XP SP2
Norton internet Security 2006
512 Ram
2 hard drives 160gb - 149 available, 120gb - 8 available
Broadband 6.0mbps download, 512kbps upload
LW 4.11.0 connects at home w/ java 1.5.06
Bellsouth Fast Access DSL
Test Worked!

Don't have a connection problem, I just want to get the best download/upload speeds for the speed that I have. I never had a problem downloading or uploading. I just want the BEST performance I can possibly get.

WHITE SHADOW - I YIELD TO GRANDPA

He knows lots of STUFF. I always read and pay attention to his advice.

I do want to say that I was not suggesting that your upload speed was affecting your downloads. It's other people's upload speed and other settings which will affect your downloads. I think your original upload setting was correct for the results of the speed test you provided. Your upload and download speeds may be a wee low but follow Grandpa's tests.

You did indicate that downloading a file showing 10 or more hosts presented another problem. Mind sharing that problem?

Can anyone give me advice. I am a new member with limewire pro and have a new quick laptop. I have 1meg cable broadband. Every time i connect it states that i have a turbo charged connection. I have downloaded 2 movies but they took about 5 hours each to do. The speeds sometimes go up to about 95 kbs but never for long and then they can go right down to 2/3kbs without warning. Also i preview on media player and on a lot of the dvd movies it keeps saying media player cannot play this file because the file is corrupt or the player does not support the format i am trying to play. I am not sure this can be corrupt as there is 84 sources to one that i tried. Sorry to ask so many questions but i am new to this.

donp1371

You should set your connection to T1 DL unlimited UL 51 if you have a true 512kbs UL capability. Now here comes the tricky part. You have to remember that when you DL. The number of files you are downloading the number of Kb/s you are DL and the number of host at all affect your UL speed setting.

If you are DL at 800Kb/s you have to remember that every person you are connected to sends a piece of the file and LimeWire has to tell that computer and the others that it has received it and which piece it needs. The more files you are DL and more people you are DL from the more bandwidth needed to preform the task.

From the testing I have done I have found that if you are doing heavy DL lets say 6 files DL from 70 people at 800Kb/s then you need to multiply the number of host by .35 and subtract this number from your Max UL speed. 70 X .35 = 24.5 so in this scenario your UL should be( UL Bandwidth 512/8=64Kb/s-24.5Kb/s=39.5Kb/s)

Hope this helps

WhiteShadow

I am a little confused here you said in your first post you have 3000kbps/300kbps. Well 8kbps=1KB/s so 3000kbps = 375KB/s and 300kbps = 37.5KB/s in you second post you say you have 256kbps/58kbps which is 256kbps = 32KB/s AND 58kbps = 7.5KB/s.

If you have 3000kbps/300kbps you need to set Limewire to cable and your DL to unlimited and your UL to 30KB/s

If you have 256kbps/58kbps you will need to set it to Dial-Up and set the DL to unlimited and the UL to 5.8KB/s

The link below is to another speed test site if you scroll down the page there is a speed test site in Prague which is a little closer to you. And should give you a more accurate test results.

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

Hi Grandpa and thanks,
3000kbps/300kbps.- thats right.., in my second post I wrote it wrong..
1.)windoes XP
2.) windows firewall and now it is turned off and norton antivirus firewall but its turned off as well
3.) 240 ram..( its unusal number, I know)
4.)available 38 GB
5.)cable
6.)motorola SB5101E Surfboard cable modem
7.)at home
8.)limewire 4.11.0
java 1.5.0_03
9.) Its called karneval, I guess..
10.) I am not sharing the connection with other computers and I have no other P2P programms
11.)my test worked

I made a speed test - 263 kbps/57 kbps..(http://www.ookla.com/speedtest/)
I am a little bit confused by their kbps..I guess it means kBp/s..,that B is important..

I ran the test at the site you used on mine it read 6508kbps which is 813KB/s and 356kbps which is 44.5 KB/s.

kbps means kilobit and KB/s means kilobyte it takes 8kbps to make 1KB/s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KB/s

So the results you got mean you have about 33KB/s Download and 7KB/s Upload. Use the speed test site at the link below it is in the Czech Republic, it is located in Prague. And should be more accurate for you. It showed me as 159KB/s Download which would be about right for 1/2 way around the world. I think the test site you used is in the US.

http://www.dsl.cz/

This is really weird, but now I know that in your last post you hit the point. I can´t explain it to myself, my speed should be..download/upload - 3000/300Kbps, but that DSL test shows - download - 33 kB/sec and speed of connection - 264,4 kbps,..
My speed was better in past, so if it will not improve soon, I will make a claim it.

So you need to set your Speed to Modem. Then set your Download to unlimited and your UL limit to 5 or less. Try this if it doesn't help there are some other things you can try. But your ISP may be filtering P2P networks.

This speed is only very temporary, I will let it now and when it will be O.K., I will ask you for advice.. Thanks

I guess that now I understood to these things..I probably exceeded my limit for download.., because in last week I downloaded about 15GB of tv series( Lost- its great by the way.., I reccomend for your help)
On web pages of my cable provideri s not written how big limit is..Perhaps tommorow (monday)it will be o.k.
So can you please advise me how to best set up Limewire for these speeds?
download/upload..-3000kbps/300kbps
Thanks

With 3000/300 your best settings would be to set limewire to cable/Dsl or T1. But T1 the lowest Upload setting is 31.75KB/s which you can probably get away with. Download unlimited Uploads should be set around 30KB/s best to allow 3 or 4 upload connections the more connections you allow the more bandwidth required to communicate with them. I would not Download more than 2 or 3 files at a time. And try not to have more than 1 or 2 waiting for sources at a time.

Thanks a lot, I am really greatful...

I mean thankful.., my english.hm..grr

Your Welcome, Your English is fine I had no problem understanding what you were trying to say.

There is a tool called Ispell that you can use to check your spelling if you wish. Hell English is my language and I use it. :D If you look up at the right corner of the reply page and click on the ABC with the check mark below it, It will take you to the I spell site. Or you can click on the link below.


http://www.iespell.com/download.php

Tried everything you suggested. Still slow downloading audio files but video is usually faster. I'm using XP Media Center could it be causing a problem?

I doubt it. A little more info is needed.

Can you give us a total description of your set up:
1. OS version? (Eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (Eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your ISP provider? ( AOL/MSN/Comcast/Tiscal)
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

* Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other. http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

12. Do This test, Is the result True/False?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...757#post103757 Is the result True/False

13. Do a speed test post the results here.

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

LimeWire configuration
 

Hi,:D

I've tryed the settings by the person who started this thread, and,...it..work(kind-of), any way. Can some body help me to convert this : Downstream:1500kbps/ Upstream: 256kbps, so i can confirgure my downstream/upstream on LimeWire exactly. And i was wondering, my LimeWire PRO is....well..free.and is that effecting my speed.

Thanks for answering. I still have the problem with slow downloading of audio files and video is somewhat faster but still slow. Here is the into that Gramdpa asked for.

I have a HP Media Center PC. I'm running XP Home
with Media Center. My firewall and antivirus is Synmantec 8. I have 1 gig
of ram and 170 gig free on my hard drive. I'm connected to cable and my
modem is a Terayon Communication System TJ 716X. My local area connection is Realtek RLT8139/810x Family. I'm connected at home using Limewire 4.10.9 Pro and have Java 1.5.0_06. My isp is kuhncom.net and I'm not sharing this connection. I got back your test worked, my connection was true. The speed test had 1649 kbps download and 335 kbps upload. Download transfer rate was 206.1 KB/sec and upload transfer rate was 41.9 KB/sec.

pa computer

You have said your speeds are slow but you haven't said what speed you are downloading at. How many KB/s are you downloading at ?

How many host do you usually connect to when you are downloading 5,10 ?

MR.VTEC

You should set your speed to cable. Download Unlimited, Upload 25KB/s and yes a pirated copy of Pro could be affecting you Download capabilities.

It may be hacked could contain spyware and or a virus. Unfortunately you never now what you are going to get with hacked software. Actually it is not a smart thing to do. But to each his own.

what tends to happen with me is that it is working fine and it is going at 60 kb/s and then i go away for an hour and return to see it going at 10 kb/s :confused: but when i close limewire down and then restart it again it goes back to going at 60 kb/s. is there something wrong or is it just meant ot be like that?

can u tell me what " show incoming searches" is?, is it all of the people that are searching the files you have downloaded?

what can i expect?
 

i used the speed test.
download : 950~Kbps
upload : 92~Kbps

I am currently getting about 120KB when i download, now this doesn't change that much from 1-5 simultaneous downloads, after that it slows down, i thought this was due to the drive head speed limitations, am i right?

Also, being my first ever post, i'd like to ask a long nagging question, and the one to which i even joined this forum for after searching to no avail....
Does Sharing actually help download speeds?
or even connections? the only down point i can fathom, is getting blocked by more zealous users. I need some scientific help to help me choose?!:D !

Your Max Download speed is 118KB/s which is what you are getting. You should set your Download speed at unlimited and upload speed to 9KB/s And it is not your head speed that is slowing you down it is your connection. You are overloading it. LimeWire has to be able to communicate with the host you are downloading from. If you are maxing out your connection it can not communicate with them.

Does sharing actually help Download speeds. Think of it this way if no one was sharing you wouldn't have anyone to Leach off of.

Hi,

I would like to know if anyone can help, I have just changed computers and want to re-install lime wire, how do you do this? It seems the only option is to pay again?

If it has been more than 6 months since you bought LimeWire Pro and if you did not save the installer to your hard drive, then you will have to pay again if you want Pro. But BASIC is free and you can get it at the link below.

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

I remember when i had windows 98SE installed on my dell... fun times... fun times...

i have aprox. 70 files .iso of 4 to 4.3 Gb. in my hard drive, how can i do to "compartir" the files with out of slow uploads?
**new pictures**

Tweaking is the key to success.


Windows XP SP2
RAM 512
LW 4.12.3
ADSL 512/128
download 55kbs(always)

..the ookla speed test thingy, run several times

..variable d/l, from 194kbps to 380 kbps, mean 280ish

..variable u/l 240 to 305kbps, mean 260ish

..which follows the ups and downs i keep getting when d/ling, 0-40, now how do i get a nice steady d/l, cos it's giving me mal de mer

..and why's the max u/l i've seen only 8, in theory it should be better than 20, and it does the up and down too

..is my location the problem, wi-fi on the edge of the world, very southern Mindanao, i've been considering upping bandwidth (and therefor cost) but only if i can get some sort of steady rate with existing machinery

1. OS version? (Eg: Windows 98) ...xp pro
2. What firewalls you have? ..xp standard
3. How much ram? ..128
4. Hard Disk space available? 10GB
5. Connection type? (Eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) ..wifi
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? ..?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)? ..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 pro,
9. Who is your ISP provider? ( AOL/MSN/Comcast/Tiscal)..Smart
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.no
11. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?yup fine
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

* Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other. http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml..yes

12. Do This test, Is the result True/False?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...757#post103757 Is the result True/False..true

13. Do a speed test post the results here...45/25, 25/42 etc via SF

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

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I don't have a problem downloading but it seems everyone who tries to upload a file from me it ALWAYS get interrupted before completed... would this be a problem with my sytem settings or just a conincidence?

Use the search to look for transfer interrupted:)

I know how to find the interrupted transfer but it seems that no one is able to upload a complete file from me - they all get interrupted - is there a setting I should change somewhere? I have cable internet so it isn't that my connection gets interrupted...

You could try limiting your upload slots according to your speed as Grandpa suggests here
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showpo...94&postcount=2

It's possible that it's ISP related, some people have had trouble with their ISP disrupting uploads.
Within LW tools > options > bug reports > view example. Scroll down to 'recieved incoming this session'... is it true or false? False indicates a problem with people being able to upload (usually a firewall).

I followed all the steps and configured everything perfect, and it was working fine all day. Until now...when all of a sudden it started doing the drop to 0 and slowing everything down big time. I've restored the default options and reconfigured it twice now, and it's still doing the same thing. If this many people are having a problem it has to be something wrong with Limewire, I'm using 4.10.9 pro version, and I've never had a problem until today when it just started doing it all of a sudden this morning.

I'm about to scrap limewire all together because everytime I pause it reduces my download percentage for some reason. I was downloading a 700mb file and was at 75% and I hit pause and it drops to 9% all of a sudden. I had the same problem earlier in the day and thought it was jsut 4.12 pro, but apparently it's not.

Maybe it's just the file I don't know, I did everything like the first post said, and it was working pretty much all day. I have no idea why it's not working now...

Although I use a DSL modem connection for LW, I notice that I can download songs much quicker on connection speeds of T1 or T3 or higher. Does this mean I should adjust my speed accordingly? :confused: I'm currently using LW Basic 4.12.3.

No leave it selected at DSL....;)

you rock
 

thanks for the help. im in florida and i must be ipod illiterate. i visited france in 1988 and loved every minute. thanks again.