Limewire wont even Open - PORT OPENING HELP

Hi,

I am on a LAN with 2 other computers, and we use a BT Voyager 205 router to access the internet. Now I know there are alot of problems with limewire and it wont even open if it cant establish a connection.

So I need help on configuiring my router to open the port that limewire uses. I have tried a few ways of getting it to work, but they never worked.

When ever I load limewire, all I get is a Beige Dialog box, with Language Select as a title, and nothing on it.

Please help me fix the problem, or better still fix it in limewire

Thanks

[Lord of the Rings]

SOunds like you could have more than one problem such as with your graphics card settings or driver.
See: http://portforward.com/routers.htm

Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.

It says 'Yes it worked"

PC Stats:
Aibt AN7 Mobo
AMD XP3200 (200x10.5)
512MB Corsair DDR CAS 2
WD 80GB HDD 8MB Cache
ATI 9600XT Fireblade edition
Windows XP - SP2
Zone Alarm
Behind BT Voyager 205 router
1MB Broadband
Connecting at home
latest version of limewire


This is the frist time I ran limewire. Also, I left it on yesterday and it took 20-30 mins for the language select dialog box to appear, now when I open limewire to search for something it takes 1-20 minsto even laod the blimming window.

The guys who make limewiere really need to make this program less web based - I can hardly use the internet when opeing the prorgam -
A) It hugs my pc resources
B) It takes every little bit of bandwidth left so I cant use net.

This is just STARTING the app, not downloading anything.


So far Limewire = 100% CRAP with me,

[fabion]

Hi Alex[RM-UK]

The problem you are suffering is caused by your ATI catalyst. You can check this link out.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=34408

And this link also. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=37538