diff -ru mldonkey/files/mldonkey.confd-2.8 mldonkey-newer/files/mldonkey.confd-2.8
--- mldonkey/files/mldonkey.confd-2.8	2011-08-01 10:41:06.000000000 -0400
+++ mldonkey-newer/files/mldonkey.confd-2.8	2011-08-01 10:45:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
 #     set log_to_syslog true
 USE_LOGGER=false
 
-# bandwidth control, values in kb/s
-LOW_DOWN="6"
-LOW_UP="2"
-HIGH_DOWN="30"
-HIGH_UP="10"
-
 # nice level, 0<x<19, more nice -> less cpuspeed consumed
 NICE="19"
 
diff -ru mldonkey/files/mldonkey.initd mldonkey-newer/files/mldonkey.initd
--- mldonkey/files/mldonkey.initd	2011-08-01 10:41:06.000000000 -0400
+++ mldonkey-newer/files/mldonkey.initd	2011-08-01 10:48:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -96,12 +96,11 @@
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	ebegin "Reducing bandwidth to ${LOW_DOWN}k/${LOW_UP}k"
+	ebegin "Using slower mlnet bandwidth setting"
+	einfo "(the one with less max_opened_connections)"
 	setup_uri
 	wget --spider --timeout="${MLDONKEY_TIMEOUT}" \
-		"${BASE}/submit?q=set+max_hard_download_rate+${LOW_DOWN}" -q
-	wget --spider --timeout=${MLDONKEY_TIMEOUT} \
-		"${BASE}/submit?q=set+max_hard_upload_rate+${LOW_UP}" -q
+		"${BASE}/submit?q=bw_toggle+low" -q
 	eend $?
 }
 
@@ -111,31 +110,10 @@
 		return 1
 	fi
 
-	ebegin "Increasing bandwidth to ${HIGH_DOWN}k/${HIGH_UP}k"
-
+	ebegin "Using faster mlnet bandwidth setting"
+	einfo "(the one with more max_opened_connections)"
 	setup_uri
 	wget --spider --timeout="${MLDONKEY_TIMEOUT}" \
-		"${BASE}/submit?q=set+max_hard_upload_rate+${HIGH_UP}" -q
-	wget --spider --timeout="${MLDONKEY_TIMEOUT}" \
-		"${BASE}/submit?q=set+max_hard_download_rate+${HIGH_DOWN}" -q
+		"${BASE}/submit?q=bw_toggle+high" -q
 	eend $?
 }
-
-
-info() {
-	if ! service_started "${SVCNAME}"; then
-		eerror "${SVCNAME} is not started"
-		return 1
-	fi
-
-	setup_uri
-	local result=$(wget --timeout="${MLDONKEY_TIMEOUT}" \
-		-O - "${BASE}"/submit?q=vo 2>/dev/null | \
-		grep -C1 max_hard_upload | \
-		grep value=\" | cut -d\" -f2)
-	if [ "${result}" = "${LOW_UP}" ]; then
-		einfo "${SVCNAME} runs slow"
-	else
-		einfo "${SVCNAME} runs fast"
-	fi
-}