LimeWire Pro for $6

JohnReam · #1 (**permalink**) December 19th, 2001

I just purchased LimeWire Pro for $6. Real easy process via PayPal, took all of 5 minutes. I am happy to Pay this small fee to avoid any possible hassle related to the Ads, no banners, etc.

Suggestions:

1. On your Web Page for paying customers, "Download Your LimeWire Software Here", tell us the exact version available, such as what I just downloaded today: version 2.0.2.

2. Installation: Drop the Installation PATH's inclusion of the exact version number... ie. change the default path from: C:\PROGRAM FILES\LIMEWIRE\2.0.2 Pro\ to be: C:\PROGRAM FILES\LIMEWIRE

3. Where is the info on the main Search page telling me #Hosts/#Files/#Available? Please put this back !

4. Problem: I'm not connecting very well, Net Stats says 5 Hosts..... on my other PC, which is still running 1.7C, I have over 3K Hosts.... what's wrong ?

sdsalsero · #2 (**permalink**) December 20th, 2001

I think I can answer some of your questions:

3. The "Connections" tab is disabled by default but can be re-enabled in the Options.

4. The reason they disabled the Connections screen is because it's not accurate, and was causing a lot of confusion re Hosts vs Horizon-size. When you see "5 Hosts" listed at the bottom, that *is* accurate -- you're directly exchanging Gnutella traffic with 5 other computers. What you're accustomed to seeing as "3K Hosts" is actually the Horizon, i.e. the estimated total number of accessible computers as self-reported per Host. I guess the programmers at Limewire have learned that this Horizon estimate has little correlation with the likely success of searching so they removed it from the default setup (by disabling the Connections screen).

re LimeWire 2.0, they're still working the bugs out of the UltraPeer technology! My experience was that I had terrible searching, and few uploaders, while I was still considered a Leaf (a client to an Ultrapeer). After about 3 or 4 days on-line, I was finally promoted to an UltraPeer and now I get great results for both up/down-loads. If you have a 24.7 connection (and PC), just stay on-line 'til you're promoted!
- Tony

VTOLfreak · #3 (**permalink**) December 22nd, 2001

You can also edit limewire.props and force LW into Ultrapeer mode .

Much easier ...