Gnutella Forums - View Single Post - LimeWire can't connect? Behind Firewall? Try this!

murasame · #5 (**permalink**) November 23rd, 2005

a.wentz, I figure the guide is intended for Windows XP users. If you don't have that then it's likely you won't find the aforementioned built-in firewall.

I suggest that before one starts configuring stuff using this guide (or any other guide for that matter) to see if any of the following apply:
-Am I trying to connect from work/university campus/insert-other-place-where-P2P-is-prohibited?
-Do I have a router?
->If yes, is it properly configured to allow LW to connect to the network?
-Do I have XP?
->If yes, is the built-in firewall activated and does it allow LW to connect?
-Do I have any other firewalls?

I got a couple of messages from people who couldn't connect and didn't even check if they had a router, so...