New To Forums, not to the Net, BUT... I have many questions !

[Thomaswolfus]

Hello one and all,

I am not new to the Net or to assisting people with their situations although, I am rather out of practice. I have been a Sysop, Co-Sysop for the IRC many years ago before the Web. Later, before and after the Web was created I Hosted, Moderated Forums, assisted with other more technical issues on a one on one basis. Today, I am more of a User that is still helping others when I can but some but much of the technology is leaving me in the dust.

I belong to both forums (Gnutella and LimeWire) and I should have been posting sometime ago. I still am a bit puzzled as to where I am to Place and Post my machine's introduction so I guess it will be below this post or in this post.

Yes, I am having issues that make little sense to me with the broadband fluctuation(s) and yet the <www.speedcheck.net> reports that I am doing okay but that might not be fast enough. LimeWire (LW) acts up often. It disconnects. It looses information. The bandwidth seems to stop for periods of time and then start again sometimes or I quit it and start over again.

I love the ThunderBird and the FireFox and I still use the Safari at times.

Is there a different bandwidth between AT&T Yahoo and DslExtreme? I am planning to go with the latter as AT&T has been the most difficult company I am ever deal with as an ISP and with the regular landline phone connection.

Does anyone have positive information about PhonePower, a VoIP? at <http://www.phonepower.com/>

Both of the companies above use AT&T as their DSL connection but as far as the customer goes, we no longer have to deal with their contracts and services which are pricey. I am not advertising but stating a fact. I require a system, the ISP and the Phone up and running without daily or weekly problems.

My Machine Profile follows in my next post. OH Great! AT&T is offline again!

Thanks you in advance,

Thomaswolfus

[Thomaswolfus]

Hello to one and all,

My Machine's information is below:

Machine Name: Mac mini
Machine Model: PowerMac10,1
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.42 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.9f4

1. OS version? Mac OS X, Version 10.4.10., Build 8R218

2. Firewalls? "Gnutella/Limewire (6346)" but removing it seems fine also. Now on.

3. How much ram? 512MB I can't go higher without disassembling it.

4. Hard Disk space available? 50 Gigs

5. Connection type? Broadband

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Siemens, SpeedStream 4100 through AT&T

7. Where are you trying to connect from? Home

8. What version of LimeWire (LW)? 10.14.10 Pro; Java version? 1.5.0_07

9. Who is your ISP? AT&T and I will change it soon. I am not at all pleased with them.

10. ...go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/... Your test worked!!

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. Just this computer and I use LW

12. I am an experienced user and have been a LW Pro Member for some Upgrades.

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Sometimes, but not usually. The firewall is now on but I will probably turn it off again. The firewall does not seem to effect anything. I would prefer to not use it as many professionals do not use them on a Mac.

14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? UPnP enabled without the router attached now.

15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? None

16. What country are you living in? USA, California, San Diego County


Thank you in advance,

Thomaswolfus

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