ok i did the port forwarding thing, rebooted my comp, and waited for a couple minutes for limewire to start. and then the firewall message still comes up! i had a problem during the port forwarding thing though. u know how ur supposed to enter the ip address into the address bar? well mine said something like "page could not be displayed" i was using internet explorer and so i just did the default page...maybe thats the problem?

lilaznangel

What make and model of router are you using.

linksys BEFW11S4

Which one There are 5

linksys router
 

i'm not quite sure what u mean, Grandpa (like i said i'm not to computery) but on the think it says Wireless Access Point Router 2.4 GHz 802.11b with 4 port switch. does that answer your question?

the same EXACT thing is happening to me!

Oh looks like I got confused between threads earlier. UPnP setting up for your model http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...sBEFW11S4.mspx

If you've done all this, are you aware of any security with your isp? Are you using Yahoo security? If yes, disable it & see if that makes a difference.

actually, LOTR i was redirected to the UPnP settings for my router anyways so its ok. i've tried everything..i dont use yahoo security and i dont think my ISP has any security settings. i use SBC yahoo global do you know of any security settings for that? well after i did the port forwarding thing my limewire stopped having a wall around the globe at the bottom of the screen. now what it'll do is just keep 1 or 2 bars and then without warning, no disconnect notice saying that a firewall's blocking it or inactive internet connection, just go back to 0 with all bars red. then when i try to manually connect it goes back to 1 bar...then none again but this time the disconnect notice comes up...and there's no wall around the globe though...so that means an inactive internet connection. but thats not possible because i'm obviously able to use the internet! UGH! limewire is driving me crazy!! also, once i go to the example of a bug report it says: Received incoming this session: true....so its not a firewall problem right? i have no clue whats going on here! please help

That sounds like you are being shaped or blocked by your ISP.

i dont think it's an ISP problem. i forgot to mention earlier, but other P2P programs work. i also have bitcomet and ares and both are working fine. just limewire :mad:
oh and just now i restarted limewire for the umpteenth time...and a firewall's up around the globe the notice pops up....inactive internet connection or firewall's blocking it...checked the bug report example...received incoming this session: false!!! limewire is just so frustrating! does anyone have any other recommendations for p2p file sharing programs that are quick downloaders for videos especially? i'm about at the end of my patience