what is BANDWIDTH and should i set it to the highest.?

Question

my limewire(open information sharing program) has the feature to alter the BANDWIDTH but i dont know what that is...can i get help please

Answer 1

The bandwidth setting in limewire is to limit the amount of uploads others are taking from your files on your computer. If you max out the bandwidth it could slow down your own downloads ans surfing capabilities.

Answer 2

Bandwidth is Internet Connection Speed . As in Broadband : DSL , Cable , LAN and Wireless LAN . Narrowband : Dial-Up and ISDN . So , you should set it to the highest , They probably already asked you to chose your Bandwidth at The LimeWire Setup . You can also get faster Downloads / File Sharing with LimeWire Pro .

Answer 3

bandwidth, in this context, is the amount of information passing through your modem.

check and see if it's bandwidth for uploading or downloading. if it's uploading, you probably want to set it as low as it can go. these are files that other people are downloading from your computer. the faster they download files from you, the slower your internet will go. if it's downloading, you want the bandwidth maxed out so you can d/l the files as fast as possible.

if you're a nice guy and want people to be able to download from you quickly, raise the bandwidth up. just know that surfing the web and downloading on your end will slow down.

Answer 4

Definition 1: Bandwidth
Is a measure of frequency range, measured in hertz.
Example
The range of frequencies within which the performance of the antenna, with respect to some characteristics, conforms to a specified standard. (2.4-2.5GHz antenna has 100MHz bandwidth).
Definition 2: Bandwidth
The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time, expressed in bits per second(bps) or bytes per second.
Example
A V.90 modem supports a maximum theoretical bandwidth of 56 Kbps. Fast Ethernet supports a theoretical maximum bandwidth of 100 Mbps.
According to the Shannon-Hartley theorem, the data rate of reliable communication is directly proportional to the frequency range of the signal used for the communication. In this context, the word bandwidth can refer to either the data rate or the frequency range of the communication system (or both).
Bandwidth is a key concept in many applications. In radio communications, for example, bandwidth is the range of frequencies occupied by a modulated carrier wave, whereas in optics it is the width of an individual spectral line or the entire spectral range.
There is no single universal precise definition of bandwidth, as it is vaguely understood to be a measure of how wide a function is in the frequency domain. For different applications there are different precise definitions. For example, one definition of bandwidth could be the range of frequencies beyond which the frequency function is zero. This would correspond to the mathematical notion of the support of a function (i.e., the total "length" of values for which the function is nonzero). Another definition might not be so strict and ignore the frequencies where the frequency function is small. Small could mean less than 3 dB below (i.e., less than half of) the maximum value, or it could mean below a certain absolute value. In short, as with any definition of the width of a function, there are many definitions available, which are suitable for different applications