deckerd26354, your questions have nothing to do with what I posted about Optimising LW. Please post them in a different thread (or just follow the thread you already started about wanting to see what others see)

MusicGuy2005, I understand that it is a long post, but if you are too lazy to read it then it's not my fault. I think this is one of the simplest ways one could have described how to optimize LW's performance: the steps are rather clear (if you ask me).

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iMac G4 OSX 10.3.9
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LW 4.10.5 Basic
ADSL anything from 3 to 8Mbps/around 1024kbps

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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? I'm currently using LW Basic 4.12.3.

No leave it selected at DSL....

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*extreme noob* i understand everything you said but i dont know how to check my connection speed.

Do a speed test here (scroll down the page for one in Oz)
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?more=1

hay thanks for the tip

I have read alot of the posts in this thread.I want to know if my settings are correct.I use Adelphia high speed.I have up to 4mb connection

Upload = 384kbs
Download =4000kbs

Upload setting is 40kps
Download is unlimited

Download and upload slots are all set to one

I have moved the upload slider up and down with mixed results.Currently I am downloading 1 file at 182kbs,but it will dip to 150kps.

Wait a minute!!I just checked in at 282kps.I know this depends on the users I connect with,but this was accomplished by lowering my upload speed to from 40kps to 33 kps.

OMG it went from 282 up to 342 on this current file.I think setting your download to 1 is the best.You can make adjustments from that point.

Final max speed on a 700mb file = 362kps + or - 10kbs in dips.

I just tried another file.I am downloading at 157kps.I am using the same settings.I guess it's the luck of the draw.........

OK, here's one for you. minus all the rhetoric & Tech vs. blah blah variables.
OK, Thai just saved us 10 posts back and forth. These are GOOD averages pinging LW & PC Pit stop @ 1 and 1.5 'bytes'/ms round trip respectively. I also tested my download speed @ PC Pit stop with a good average download speed: 4519 kilobits per second or 3354 kilobytes downloaded in 5.938 seconds
OK, now. I don't know if this is what everybody else is talking about when they say that LW is slow for them and bare in mind that I have gone over many of the "optimizing" suggestions from around the site including virus considerations. In comparing then and now with time and that little virus that has been going around LW in between being the only variables that "I" can think of.
I can search fine and my LW bandwidth meter connects to turbo OK with 5 ultra peers. This is where it all derails: Ultra peers tend to be unstable (holding on to them);4 star search items of 100mb with up to say 80-90 hosts @T3 or better either just hang on 'connecting....' or 'waiting count down...' only to crap out with that silly 'awaiting sources' come back. Now I know that LW would like to explain this away as the cute little eccentricities of p2p networking but that's crap. As soon as 3 weeks ago I would only have to pick one of those out of the multitudes and I would have it downloaded in no time @ 6-10 KB/s, /host. On average. Of course some times I would just blow that away and have 10-12 of those done in an hour, easy. Now, I know your wondering....? I'll search and find whatever I want with nice prime results. Lets say, 10 files; @50megs; with 100 sources 'each'; with 4 Star T3 connections, yadda yadda. I may get one of those in one day. That's as apposed before with 20 times the data or more in one hour.
Now from what I've seen around the site, it's hard to pick out what each person is calling slow but it appears that a lack of search results is congruent with their speed issuse. Mine is not. I have taken the time and had a look from thread to thread as well as looking elswhere prior to posting this issue with no luck. I know that somebody is going to say, 'did you remember to put the on switch to the off possition?' and I will feel shame. Right now shame is a small price.

The gnutella network is very dynamic. Hosts are continually logging on and off. So a file you can find this minute might not be there the next. Also the network is being continually flooded with fake files which include the viruses.

You should also see this thread: How to find music

I hope this helps answer you question. Unless your not asking a question, but just making an observation. I'm not quite sure.

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Forgive me if I've misunderstood your post here, but it sounds like you're the victim of the fake files that are flooding the network (you don't mention fake files, so I don't know if you're aware of this problem).

The search item may have 4 stars, it may have heaps of hosts (Danger, Will Robinson!!!!) but if it hangs on connecting then needs more sources, counts down, doesn't find them...sounds like fakes to me. And being able to download a file one week successfully, then being unable to download a file the next week is typical of this problem. As time goes by, the network is flooded with more of this crap. The golden rule these days is to stay away from the files with lots & lots of hosts. The links that 6_pac left have good info & tips to help.