trying to connect to Limewire in Iraq

[mortarman]

I apologize if my questions might be redundant. The computer I'm on has WinXP. I have limewire vers. 4.8.1. I'm having problems with connecting. I get the error message limewire is unable to connect to hosts on Gnutella network. I've read through the support pages and forums and am not sure what I need to do specifically. I went to the connection>properties>advanced tab>firewall settings>advanced tab and added gnutella tcp,udp 6346 ports as described. I also did this in the exceptions tab. I've also deleted .limewire folder while limewire was shutdown(I didn't see a preferences folder). I was carried through the setup of limewire again. I still can't connect. I don't really know anything about the administrator because I'm stationed in Iraq and we just have a lan line ran to our building from a contractor. All he knows is the ip address for us to use. It is a satellite service. Could anyone give me some steps of what I can to do to go through and try to resolve my connectivity problems, unless you may know what my specific problems are. Thanks in advance.

mb

[murasame]

Since you're running on a LAN it is possible that the administrator (or whatever) may have put up a general firewall that blocks LW (it isn't on your machine). Ask around if there is one.

[mortarman]

thanks, I asked the contractor and he said he didn't know of any blocking going on. I've read in another post where they wanted their system info. My info is below. As I said in my first post I've already added the ports 6346. I tried the 6346 test page and get cannot find server. What are all the port #'s I could try.I tried the jar program with no success. Are there any more steps I can try on my end to see if I can get it going. thanks in advance

mb

1.OS-WinXP
2.firewalls-XP is all I know of(I think I have the ports set for it though)
3.Ram-512mb
4.HDD-24gb
5.connection-broadband_satellite
7.trying to connect from Iraq_work
8.vers.-4.8.1,java-1.5.0_01
9.never used limewire

[fabion]

Try doing the tests in this link.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...ght=bug+report

Also what type of modem and router are you using. Would you provide Type and Model no. These sometimes have built in firewalls.

[Lord of the Rings]

That's very poor news that you can't reach the 6346 test page. Might I suggest you try another listening port. eg: go to LW's menu Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & type in 4915 & select Manual force ip & type in the same no. Press the Apply button. Then go to menu, File>Connect & give it 15 mins or so. If nothing happens go back to File>Disconnect, wait a minute, then repeat the process.

If this doesn't work for you. Then I don't know if this will work but it's worth a try by setting up a proxy. A Fix for those whose ISP's block Limewire which is using proxies. Also go to page 2 of that link & find the other link for more instructions on how to do it. Good luck!

[murasame]

Originally posted by Lord of the Rings
That's very poor news that you can't reach the 6346 test page. Might I suggest you try another listening port. eg: go to LW's menu Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & type in 4915 & select Manual force ip & type in the same no. Press the Apply button. Then go to menu, File>Connect & give it 15 mins or so. If nothing happens go back to File>Disconnect, wait a minute, then repeat the process.

If this doesn't work for you. Then I don't know if this will work but it's worth a try by setting up a proxy. A Fix for those whose ISP's block Limewire which is using proxies. Also go to page 2 of that link & find the other link for more instructions on how to do it. Good luck!

Of course enable those ports you try in the firewall too.