Capped Downloads?

[scott123]

Hi, i have been using the free version of limewire for months and never had any problems, i could download 8 things at once with great speed. :)

I decided it was time to purchase pro and did so yesterday, ever since i seem to be having trouble with download speeds, it seems to be capped at the 40kb mark. :eek:

I have a turbo charged connection
My download bandwidth is set to unlimited

It seems to be ok for music files, they can reach over 100kb but avi etc sits at 40kb.

For example, i try downloading video1.avi and my download speed sits at 40kb, if i pause that and download video2.avi it also downloads at 40kb.
If i try downloading both at the same time they share 20kb :mad:

I know that each should be more than 40kb to begin with so why am i being capped, how can i get rid of it :confused:

[aprilnycolesmith22]

:) hi my name is april and i just joined limewire and i need to know how to download music if u would help me please:p

[Kath]

This forum is for development of LimeWire, not for help on how to use it :)

You need to post those kind of questions in the LimeWire section on the Gnutella Forums. ;)

Here is the link..

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=23

[sevaspeto]

Hi, i have been using the free version of limewire for months and never had any problems, i could download 8 things at once with great speed. :)

I decided it was time to purchase pro and did so yesterday, ever since i seem to be having trouble with download speeds, it seems to be capped at the 40kb mark. :eek:

I have a turbo charged connection
My download bandwidth is set to unlimited

It seems to be ok for music files, they can reach over 100kb but avi etc sits at 40kb.

For example, i try downloading video1.avi and my download speed sits at 40kb, if i pause that and download video2.avi it also downloads at 40kb.
If i try downloading both at the same time they share 20kb :mad:

I know that each should be more than 40kb to begin with so why am i being capped, how can i get rid of it :confused:


Try looking in the options for a speed tab, if you can find the setting for what kind of internet connection try selecting T3, even if you don't have it, it will increase your speed to what it was before, hopefully it will...
In addition to the speed tab also look for the tab called "Downloads" and make sure that the slider at the bottom is set at Unlimited.

[Stephen M. Smith]

Try looking in the options for a speed tab, if you can find the setting for what kind of internet connection try selecting T3, even if you don't have it, it will increase your speed to what it was before, hopefully it will...
In addition to the speed tab also look for the tab called "Downloads" and make sure that the slider at the bottom is set at Unlimited.

I don't that's correct -- selecting a higher speed for connection type doesn't affect downloads at all (only upload range in slider) -- it always downloads as fast as the connection allows. The limit is always the upload cap on the other end.

[Only A Hobo]

Setting your speed to T3 will allow you to download from more hosts. As will using Pro. The maximum hosts thus is 14. It is not always advantageous to set a higher speed than you should, but I have tried it a few times and once had a good increase in speed. I have heard of others who experienced a decrease. The difference only happens if you are downloading from multiple hosts.

[Stephen M. Smith]

Ah, ok, I didn't realize that. Can you post a little chart of what the maximum number of hosts are for the 4 speed options, both free and pro?

[Only A Hobo]

I am guessing here, but this is roughly correct. A developer may correct me.

modem ==> 2 or3 connections I dont think this increases in the pro version
cable ==> 6 connections >pro 8
T1 ==> 10 connections >pro 12
T3 ==> 12 connections >pro 14

But as you rightly point out you are bound by the combined uploaders speeds in any case.

Capping may be used by isps. That is another story.

[Lord of the Rings]

Only A Hobo, I thought the higher host connections depended upon whether you were running as an ultrapeer? Since I've never run as a UP & only have a modest speed, I've never been able to check this. My understanding was 8 & 10 hosts maximum for basic & pro respectively if not running as a UP. :confused:

[Only A Hobo]

We may be on different tracks here :) I'm talking about available multiple hosts to download a single file from,which are afaik are not affected by ultrapeer status, rather than host connections.

[Stephen M. Smith]

I just did some testing and your right that you can't get more than 10 simultaneous downloads for same file w/T1 speed setting. But I observe this odd behavior that I never noticed before -- the # of sources works on a bell curve.

ie. it starts adding additional sources as it ramps up speedwise, up to the limit of the speed setting, but then starts dropping sources as it gets closer and closer to having the whole file downloaded. I guess they figure if your only missing a little bit of the file, might as well free up the sources for other peeps or something, which does kinda make sense.

[Judge Zargabaath]

modem ==> 2 or3 connections I dont think this increases in the pro version
cable ==> 6 connections >pro 8
T1 ==> 10 connections >pro 12
T3 ==> 12 connections >pro 14



On cable i managed to get 8 with 4.14.x.

You told me max number on t3 was 10 and thats what I've found as well.

[Only A Hobo]

Ah you found it! ... I knew I'd posted that (albeit a guess) somewhere :)