yet more firewall problems!
 

running limewire pro. on-

dell inspiron 8100
xp professional - firewall disabled
speedtouch 330 modem
tiscali 2mb broadband
norton internet security 2005 - firewall disabled
webroot firewall - limewire permitted
java 1.5

limewire will not connect, i get 1 green bar on the connection strength meter for about 15 seconds then it cuts out and a notice informs me that i am either not connected to the internet or i am behind a firewall. since i am connected i can only assume that it is a firewall problem. Does anyone know if either -

(i) my brand of modem has a built in firewall (dont think so but have had a hard time checking and gettig a definitive answer.
(ii)tiscali have changed their usage policy and are blocking me - i have'nt heard anything and simply cannot get through to their support line
:mad:

Any help would be appreciated, this is driving me nuts

You should probably configure one firewall for LW, rather than turning them both off. I'd forget about the XP & just configure Norton f/wall.

Your modem supports UPnP. You'll have to have it on in the modem & in LW (tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Tick 'use UPnP' & apply). This thread has firewall and UPnP info:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=51357

And as for Tiscali, they might be a problem. See here:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=33712

Try & get an answer out of them re blocking p2p;)