To get a download going you have to know certain things about the Gnutella network.
Here comes another college lecture. Take notes!
(1) To access hosts from the interactive software program called Limewire select "connect on startup" from Preferences, if you have not done so.
(2) You may want to discover the quantity of files and the total network file archive size your network client can access. To find this information out pull down the Statistics pop-up from the Options menu.
(3) When the amount of archive file sizes has entered between 5 and 10 digit numbers, and if the number of accessable files has at least 4 digits in its actual quantity, start a search.
(4) Note that once you get results you will see stars representing the "Quality" column of your search results. The more, the better.
Your most likely successful download(s) will have up to 4 stars; however, this is not always the case. Any result with one star usually represents a busy host. Ignore.
(5) Note that some hosts are firewalls, and are sometimes represented by results that are associated with one, two, or three stars. Since you cannot see the actual host you want to download from before actually downloading, there is a chance that the file may just have a low quality rating and may not be behind a firewall. If you try to download something from behind a firewall, the server may let you through. If not, you may be waiting forever.
(6) The following are firewall hosts:
192.168.xxx.xxx
10.1.xxx.xxx
0.0.xxx.xxx
(7) Note that if you want to avoid downloading from a host, take a look at the quality column and the speed column for that result. If this result and another result have the same number of stars, the same download speed, AND the same color for that speed (color is either green or black), then most likely the two results were uploaded from the same host.
(8) If a download happens to suddenly wait for a reply, you cannot download from that host as easily for a while. However, if you possess the latest edition of the client software Limewire you can find a different host with the EXACT same file title and download from there, leaving off where the original attempted download discontinued.
I have been using Limewire since 1.4 and it has gotten easier to use since then. If you still need more help, try the Limewire website.
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