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Originally Posted by notanotherlovesong hello,
i downloaded limewire onto my new mac and now i'm stuck behind a firewall. i read previous posts and tried deleting my preferences folder but that didn't work. i tried to manual port forward but i just ended up screwing up my internet settings.
if anyone could help me it would be greatly appreciated! 
1. OS version? 10.4.9
2. What firewalls you have? None, except the standard one thats in system preferences
3. How much ram? Not sure
4. Hard Disk space available? Not sure again, but its a new computer
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Motorola SBG900
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)? My home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. 4.12.11 Limewire, 1.5.0 Java
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Bigpond
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? It doesnt open that page at all
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. Nope
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. I had limewire on my PC and that worked fine for a year or so and then i went overseas and came back and it didn't work anymore.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yep
EDIT: Just noticed that in my limewire my 'Listen on port' box doesn't have 6346 in it. Is it supposed to be like that? The number thats in it is 13011. |
I'm having the same problems. I started using Limewire first yesterday evening, and at first it wouldn't connect, every search came up with nothing. Then I read the User Guide / FAQ about firewalls, so I followed the instructions and added a New item for Limewire, which was to allow UDP traffic etc on port 3252. After that, it all started working fine - the brick wall icon disappeared and I could start doing proper searches.
Tonight I have launched Limewire again, but it won't connect, I don't get anything. So I checked the System Prefs / Sharing /Firewall setting, and the port was still 3252, but the brick icon won't go away and I don't get any connection, and I can't do any searches. I even quit Limewire, reset the System Prefs, then relaunched LW - nada.
What's changed between last night and tonight, that Limewire won't work anymore? BTW I have the same settings as notanotherlovesong, except:
RAM = 1.5 GB, HD spce = 100 GB, OS X Firewall is ON (see above), router is Netgear DG834G, connection from home, ISP is tiscali, Java? (no idea, but it worked last night), This is my 2nd try at LW, first time was last night when I got it to work.
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