I have v1.2b of LimeWire and I'm running it on Linux, Debian sid version.


So far so good, I'm sharing files, I'm downloading files, its all good. I'm behind a firewall, so I configed it to portmap so people can connect to me, I configure 'force ip' to be my external IP, etc. Just trying to be a good citizen.


Except, I never get incoming connections and push type queries dont seem to work... furthermore if I 'telnet localhost 6346' to connect to the limewire client, it connects then disconnects 2 seconds later... even if I type something, even 'GNUTELLA CONNECT/0.4'. Zipola. Obviously those who connect from outside the firewall get the same treatment.


I really want to be a good citizen, plus be able to accept push downloads and to have incoming connections. But this problem is bizzare...




Any hints would really be great. Take it easy!

Step 1. Go to your connection tab and make sure that your incoming connections count is greater than zero.

For your IP address, try to make sure that the forced IP works for what you set. Fire up another client and try to connect to it.