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Old December 14th, 2004
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Well I been using LW for a while now and I just recently moved.

I just got my new cable modem at my new house. I open LW and

start dl and Im getting connected to several different host's

but I'm not getting any speed above 1 k/b.

Sometimes it even goes to zero and there is no time shown of

when the dl will be complete. Then it will start dl again at like 1 or

2 k/b?

Please someone help. Nothing has changed only my isp.

edit: sony vaio, xp home xpack2, cable modem by charter, home

Thanks,

garrett-

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Whilst LW is closed try deleting your LW Preferences folder called .limewire & found here: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire

Keep in mind your settings will be deleted also so make a note of them before you delete the LW prefs.

What brand name & model number of modem do you use?

After LW has been open for 20-30+ mins can you do this test for us: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is your result True/False?
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Ok I will try to delete my preffernce's folder.


I did the bug test and it came back as true`


Thanks for the quick reply!


edit: My modem has no name.

One thing I noticed is that when I play CS here my ping sometimes will be around 80 - 100.

Then sometimes it will be at around 20. I think this neiborhood is filled and the dacs are maxed out.

But the lag is not noticable when I surf the net.

Also lastly my rating sometimes is only excellent and never at turbo charged here.

I wish I still had my old isp and my old house. Adelphia was kinda nice after all *sigh*

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Yep the True is a good result. Sometimes deleting the LW prefs can clear out some cobwebs.

Let's hope.
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Ok sigh...

Afterdeleting the .limewire folder I opend LW and now my dl's wont even go above 0!!!

But it say's im dl from 5 hostS!!!

CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ok. For some reason the dl speed will jump up to 20 then drop back down to zero and the time will disapear again.

I am truly stumped.
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Did you reset your LW option settings?

You should give LW time to settle down. It can take a while depending upon how many incomplete files you have.

Also I do not recommend using the Resume button on many files. This is not healthy for LW. It can be effective for a few. But if you have many resumed files they will queue for much longer than they should & may weaken your LW connection quality & take its energy away. It is much better to manually search for sources to refreshen or find new sources to dwnld from.

Here's some hints on optimising LW: A well set-up LW can start to automatically continue its dwnlding after it's settled down perhaps 2 out of 3 times you open LW. Optimising LW & Maximising Uplds & Dwnlds A (1st post only) & also Part B which is even better & last & least are search & dwnld hints. The latter one I've been thinking about re-writing for some time. That's just for playing it safe. eg- I show all speeds & qualities.
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I missed your previous edit. It could be a neighborhood issue. If other people are using p2p, video conferencing &/or using games then there could be jumps & variable speeds. You could try at a different time of day.

Here's some various types of tests: http://www.broadbandreports.com/tools And try the tests at different intervals to see if there's any variation - which could be blamed on your neighborhood.
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