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

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?! !

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

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A little common sense goes a long way

Later Grandpa

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

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!