I have just downloaded limewire and i have yet to see it connect. i have tried suggestions given in other forums, but to no avail. My internet connection is through a lan hub(home network.) limewire acts as if i am not connected to the internet at all. it gives me an error message saying that my computer does not seem to have an internet connection or a firewall could be blocking it. i have completely disabled every firewall on my computer. am i missing something?

Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)

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. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
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 (Internet Service Provider)?
10. 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?

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1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)xp home
2. What firewalls you have?windows(disabled completely)
3. How much ram?512
4. Hard Disk space available?65 gb
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)wireless lan hub
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?hub is a linksys nh 1005
7. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.no
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. lw 4.7 java 1.5
9. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)? black sheep computing
10. 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? operation timed out

Port 6346 is being blocked which is why you can't connect. It's your lan/linksys set up that's the issue. But I can't find any such model of Linksys here (never heard of it until now): http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...p.php&p_tbl=13
Can you find it or any reference to it?

I googled it here http://cgi.ebay.com/LINKSYS-NH-1005-...QQcmdZViewItem
& http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14643675

It seems it's simply a hub for a network. It's not a modem/router per se. So that doesn't tell me what connection device you use. Unless I'm misunderstanding.

__________________
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR

I got no connection too. When i click on lime wire 2 start it it comes up with the message "Limewire was unable to initialize and start. this is usally due to a firewall blocking limewires access
to the internet or loopback connections on the local machine. Please allow Limewire access to the internet and restart lime wire."

I have all my firewalls turned off and the port 6346 works for me

1. OS version? WindowsXP

2. What firewalls you have? Windows and Trend Micro

3. How much ram? 1GB 512MB

4. Hard Disk space available? 52.3GB

5. Connection type? cable

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Linksys
Wireless-G Broadband Router (Model #WRT54G)
TERAYON Cable modem (Modle #TJ615)

7. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p
sharing programs? No

8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to
LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. Can't start limewire

9. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)?Adlephia

10. 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? Worked

Commanderkeen I'm not sure about trend firewall but see the firewall config link above & use whatever terms they suggest such as java ... & gnutella/limewire to add to the firewall clearance. Also disable Xp's firewall (go to the control panel, double click on Windoze Firewall, check the disable box) as this may be contributing to your problems with 2 active firewalls.

Make sure any other program such as AV, Adware, Spyware, etc. if they need program clearance, you allow it for LW.

__________________
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR

My mistake. I should have clarified. my actual internet type is wireless. The antenna on top of my house is connected to a wireless lan router (nl-2611cb3 plus by netgate) via ethernet. find hardware at www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=31
Because my isp is gay, i have to use a network hub to share internet connection with the xbox in my room. I was suspicious that the hub was firewalling, so i bypassed it and wired the computer directly into my netgate box. this didn't seem to make a difference. keep getting message "computer doesn't seem to be connected to internet."

Hope i made things clearer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tripj777 I'm dumbfounded. I don't have much knowledge of networks. Perhaps someone else reading this can help. I read the manual & specifications to your netgate device & can't see anything to configure that'd make a difference. Wireless devices by their nature tend to have firewalling. I wonder if the problem is at the other end. Have you asked your isp (internet service provider) why your port 6346 is blocked? Ask them to unblock it for you.

I guess you could try a different port such as port 80 & 64049. Go to LW's menu bar, Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & change the listening port. Then relaunch LW.

__________________
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR