Yes it does. Unfortunately portforward.com has temporarily taken the airport instructions off their site. The owner of the site has himself just purchased an airport for a mac (waiting for its arrival) & wants to double-check the instructions to make sure everything is ok. You might need to be a little patient.

Win 2K does not come with any firewalls. Unless you've added your own. Also check any av/spyware utilities you have to see if any require that LW has permissions to pass thru.

hey everyone, i was wondering if anyone out there knows how I can get my mac version of limewire to work trough my university connection. I am currently using a ibook that has mac OS 10.4 on it, and i have tried using my virtual pc to see if i could get the pc verision of limewire to work with the method that lord of the rings outlined and it did, but the connection was fair at best and through the virtual pc everthing was running real slow. I then tried to set the preferences exactly like the pc preferences with the mac version, but it still told me that limewire "couldnt find an internet connection, or it was getting blocked by a firewall". please if there is anyone out there who is a mac user and is having the same problem with their limewire please help!

your advice seems great, but i ran into a problem. the proxy setting you used didn't work for me, i still couldn't connect, but can you please tell me how i check for the proxy to be good????i don't even know the meaning of proxy so any help i will appreciate. thanx

All the proxy suggestions have been passed on by other members. I personally have never used a proxy. If you have a closer look at the different types of proxies, you may find one that works for you. But yes, I was told by a no. of people that you may need to try several proxy no.'s before you find one that works. It may mean a long & patient trial.

It looks as though there is a lockdown on all fronts here folks.

I've downloaded SEVERAL P2P apps and NONE work for D/L-ing anything.

I thought it was my firewall (using ZA) and messed around with settings, configs, etc., all GD day.

Unless there is a definitive answer to this problem thousands of us are experiencing (and I read none here or in any other forum as of late) it would appear that our ISP's have f**ked us out of our ability to do as we wish (or risk) with our paid internet connections as one person pointed out in a former post.

I mean, it makes sense, doesn't it? All of the P2P apps I have tried to "make work" are acting the same way: As though the ports are blocked by OUR firewalls... But they're not! I have manually opened these ports in my F/W's config and still there is no connectivity.

Folks, it is just my humble opinion in regards to the theory that "the powers that be" have finally pressured our ISP's into submission with possible threats of law suits as our ISP's provide all P2P users with the means of accessing files that may or may not be legitamately legal to distribute amonst ourselves as an alternative to sueing individuals like me (who have no networth or assets of any considerable value... like a business and property) to come out fruitless after a conviction in court... for example.

God forbid! I'd have to sell my blue jeans and walk around naked... That's something no one wants to see!

I am sure there will be other "means" of getting back into the swing of things, yet I can't help but feel sorry for all those people who got sucked in to paying for a "Pro" version of something their ISP's have blocked, banned, or otherwise turned off at the office.

As for me, I too am pretty choked about this. But in the meantime, I guess there is no other alternative than to suck it up and deal with it.

Good luck to you all!

Yonks.

im having problems connecting. i tried a number of "fixes" listed here but none seem to help me. it is constantly on "connecting" status. i'm a University student so i am on internet provided by the University (which is superspeedy - satellite speed). something is blocking my being able to fully connect to LW. i've allowed access from my firewalls etc but nothing seems to help. any suggestions!?

I think it was mentioned earlier in this thread that many universities & schools block or filter p2p sharing nowadays. If normal connection won't work, proxies are a possible alternative approach. But no guarantees of success. Some uni's have produced their own custom techniques such as software to filter out p2p programs.

Yonkers which ISP do you use? Is it mentioned here by any chance? ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire

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Well, guys...

I am NOT at school or work. I am at home.

But I did figure out WTF happened to me at least!

I contracted a back-door trojan that messed up many a configureation with meh 1's and 0's.

The trojan was called BKDR_**PIGON.FS or something like that.

So after many formats to rid my HDD of this nasty b!tch, I was finally able to reinstall WinXP and Limewire/Morpheaus/etc and run them without a hitch.

I didn't know I was infected until three days ago AFTER a virus scanner update FFS.

Nothing likr having a keystroke logger/malware virus on your rig, I'll tell ya.

Good luck.

i have been having bad connectivity with limewire on and off in the last month or so - just found out that my ISP is blocking all p2p softwares with a technology called packet shaping. this means that while you're able to browse, and download using your browser normally, p2p apps cant connect becoz the ISP blocks out any port which they try to use based on the packets sent rate. if anyone finds a way to get around this - plz let me know. not being able to use limewire SUCKS bigtime!

punkprincess did you try the proxies. There's different ones to try, no guarantees but it's worth trying them all. Look at the earlier pages, particulary pages 1-3 of this thread for links to different methods. I don't suppose you have much choice of other ISP's to try. If you do, do your homework as I did before signing up with mine to be sure they don't block or shape p2p sharing. Don't speak to the sales or reception, speak to the technicians. In fact, see if you can convince your present provider to stop the shaping/blocking against your use of LW.