Originally Posted by hiasakite

Hi all
I have recently upgraded broadband from 2mbps to 8mbps and following this upgrade I am having a problem connecting to limewire.Not sure if this is a coincidence.In the past year I have never had any problems with limewire and have always been able to connect straight off and within a couple of secs have turbo charged connection (whatever time of day ). Now I can't get past starting connection and only 1 green bar? Help Please ! !
1. OS version? Windows XP
2. What firewalls you have? Zone Alarm
3. How much ram? 512
4. Hard Disk space available? 21gb
5. Connection type? Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Sagem f@st 800/840
7. Where are you trying to connect from? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? 4.12.6 Pro Java 1.6.0-01
9. Who is your ISP provider ? Tiscali (for 2 years)
10. Do this simple test for us. Passed
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? No
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes
Thanks in advance.


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