Limewire Connection Problems on OS X Tiger
 

Alright, my friend is trying to use Limewire, but he is stuck with a constant one connection bar, and he can't use Limewire. It also gives us the firewall icon, but he doesn't have his firewall enabled, and he doesn't have any other programs that could do it. He has an iMac, an airport card in his iMac, and a Linksys BEFW11S4 Router (Version 3). We have tried most of the tutorials on this site, and none of them are working. If you need more information, or if you happen to know the answer, please post! Thanks.

Edit: Oh, yeah, he's on Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.7.

Just a quick bump: I gave my DustinS account to my friend, so he's the one now on it. However, we still seriously need some help, and it seems noone is responding. Does anyone have any ideas?

Similar problems here. Limewire is detecting a firewall, even though I've disabled Norton momentarily. It also does not detect an internet connection, which obviously I have(or else I couldn't post this note). This started about 2 days ago. I'm using WinXP.
Is anyone aware of a Limewire problem that's cropped up this week?

Well, I don't know if we have the same problem, since we have different OS's, but w/e. Also, I forgot to mention, I had an idea where I thought Limewire might've been crippled because they were sued, so we tried Frostwire, Acquisiton, etc. None of them worked. Does anyone have an idea to both mine and swami's problems?

Hey, Dustin
 

How do you like Tiger? Thinking of getting it for my daughter's IMac.

It's my friends, but I do use it a little. I'd say OS X is amazing! I am gonna get a Mac Pro when I get the money, but if I were you I'd wait just a little longer to get the iMac. Supposedly, the iMac is supposed to get Core 2 Duo very soon. Hope it helps!

Swami should not be posting under an OSX topic.

DustinS/mikevickrocks - airport card in his iMac, and a Linksys BEFW11S4 Router (Version 3)
Well the airport card won't make any difference unless you're actually connecting via airport. Are you? Yes Airport has an internal NAT firewall. So does the Linksys. You will need to log into the Linksys & enable UPnP on it. That will hopefully make the firewall go away. If you're using Airport, I posted instructions on how to deal with it. See the UPnP section here Connection problems? Check here first! (click on link)

swami: Make sure your XP firewall is disabled! Also check this about Norton FW: (a) Configuring Norton Internet Security, & also (b) Reconfiguring Norton Firewall

Also check your modem/router type & make sure UPnP is enabled. Likewise see the UPnP section in the link I gave above. ;)

No, he uses the Linksys router, but uses the AirPort card to connect to the Internet. I have tried the usual 192.168.1.1 into browser method, but that won't work. How would I go about enabling UPnP?

The links were all there about how to do it.

Airport see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=52014

Linksys see http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...sBEFW11S4.mspx
Well http://192.168.1.1 is the default. You could try http://www.192.168.1.1 I guess. Or try http://192.168.1.5 or http://192.168.1.225

Did you get a manual with your Linksys? Inside that it will explain how to log into your Linksys.

From Linksys support site: http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...i=&p_topview=1

This is a technique for something else but is for Mac OSX http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...i=&p_topview=1
But you will need to search the tabs for UPnP to enable it. Ignore the network instructions in that link. That's for something else. ie: compare it to the Win XP instructions for where to find the UPnP option. ;)

Fixed it, somehow.
 

Don't know what I did, but LW fired up quickly and cleanly--and without me having to disable Norton.

[QUOTE=Lord of the Rings]Swami should not be posting under an OSX topic.

Sorry for posting on your turf.

open port forwarding in your router settings on bottom should be upnp port forwarding button click that, type in limewires internel listening port and externel port , set it to tcp and click enable then save your settings and exit

if your limewire doesnt work correctly with all firewalls fixed then proceed