Have been using Lime Wire for two years with no problems. Suddenly in the last two weeks, although Lime Wire comes up, it will not connect. When I try to click on the connect button nothing happens. All it says is: "Running the Gnutella Network (Disconnected/no files available)." Sometimes, when I check the connections box, there are others connected. other times, not. Once, this week It was connected when I opened and I was able to download files. Since then, no. I'm using a Mac G3 Powerbook, 9.2. with a cable modem connection. This connection has been working fine. I've downloaded the latest free software. What gives? This is baffling.

What does your ISP say about this?

you can put their answer in the sticky
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=20678

Thanks. I'll check with the ISP, which happens to be Earthlink/Time Warner Cable in New York, in case anyone else knows about it. I had no problem using Earthlink dial up (except for it slowness) and had no trouble using the cable service until very recently.
We'll see.

Eartlhink/Timewarner in Los Angeles works fine, don't know about NYC.

I have the same problem but I think ther is a bug in LimeWire Pro:
After installing Lime Wire Pro 3.4.7 under Mac OS 10.2.2 I had one connection to gnutella network and when I tried next day I got : "Running the Gnutella Network (Disconnected/no files available)" (in German because it is much easier for me to use German:-))
I removed LimeWire and repeated the installation but with same poor result.
But when I launch my old LimeWire under Mac OS 9.2.2 no problems appear! That´s why I think there is a bug in the programm and not with the ISP. (My ISP is t-online in Germany)

The magenta T should not be causing the problem. Any routers or firewalls that might be causing problems on MacOSX?

Aha! Mas OS X has an internal software firewall, which must be either disabled or opened on port 6346. It's in the sharing preferences of system preferences.

I got an answer from Pro support:

"Hi Udo,

The LimeWire application has no control over whether your computer can connect to the Gnutella network. Also, OS X has a built-in firewall, which may need to be configured to accept Gnutella traffic. Please try the following:
-Uninstall all versions of LimeWire, using the Uninstaller in LimeWire's folder.
-Delete all LimeWire aliases and installers from your desktop and Dock, and remove all instances of the installer from the download manager of your Internet browser.
-Reboot your computer.
-Go back to the LimeWire Pro download page, and download the installer to your desktop.
-Reinstall LimeWire Pro.

Thanks,
Zenzele"
I will try it!

If you are using 10.2.2, Finder->Apple Menu->System Preferences->Software Update will allow you to upgrade to 10.2.6

Blackbird: Thank you for your tip!
After reinstalling LimeWire according to the ideas of LWSupport without any progress I diabeled all firewall prefs and I got connection!

Bye!
Udo