help with connecting and searching
 

I purchased and downloaded limewire pro yesterday after using it at it friends and being v impressed but mine doesn't work and i'm sooooo frustrated. Software downloaded no problem but when i type in an artist to search for songs the name of the artist appears and a green bar slowly creeps across this after several minutes the bar has reached the end but i have had no searches and no results.
I do have a wall infront of my globe but have tried the suggestions on the forum although i'm not quite sure what I should be downloading
I have been through the help section on limewire and done all the recommendations, I have also uninstalled and reinstalled it but no luck
I'm not very technical so any support needs to be quite basic
thanks

In regard to the brickwall:
Can you give us a total description 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 (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
12. 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?

In regard to the search (which could be connetcted to the brickwall); try to read here about license issues:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...176#post154176
:Smilywais:

information needed
 

right i'm very crap at this so I hope i've got his right
os version - windows XP
firewalls - windows and norton
can't find RAM info !!
hard disk space - 131gb
connection via broadband to orange/wanadoo
modem is smartlink 56k
connecting from home and am only user and this is my first go with limewire
using limewirepro4.12.6 and java 1.4.2
oh and your test worked!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Limewire is now up and running

HELP !!! I'm Having Similar Problems
 

os version - windows XP (MCE)
firewalls - norton and i followed all the instructions limewire is permitted
2GB RAM
hard disk space - 190gb
connecting from rez and this is my first go with limewire
using limewirepro4.12.6 and java 1.5.0

i don't know much about connections but its the schools network and i'm connected over an ethernet cable from my room
and i tried to follow that link but it wouldn't load the page.

Any ideas?

EDIT: and my azureus is having similar firewall problems as well

Here's one for ya...
 

I am also having problems connecting. I have used limewire before, but now it has stopped working for some reason.

The only thing that I can think of, is trying to (unsuccessfully) connect my laptop (which I'm having problems with) to my desktop through an Ad-Hoc network, using only a 2-way network cable. My friend is a networking guy, and tried to help me out, but he was stumped. I can't recall everything we did, but I know we were messing around with IP addresses, and subnets. I am a very computer literate person, but do not attempt to savvy myself as anything close to a networking guru.
The other thing, is that I connect through my office building. I know they have a firewall, so It doesn't matter if I turn mine off. The brick wall is always there. When I used to connect, I always had my firewall on, as well. However, I have spoken to my IT guy, and confirmed that his settings are no different that the settings he had when my system was connecting to the Limewire network properly. It used to work like a charm, but now it doesn't...and it is frustrating.

I tried a lot of those links that 'Lord of the Rings' mentioned, and even did the TCP/UNP port thing he recommended. Nothing is working.

-I am currently running Windows XP Pro, Svc. pack 2.
-Limewire version: 4.12.6
-Java Version: 1.5.0_06
-My connection is through an internal ethernet port using an "Intel (R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection" Device.
-I am using the windows firewall. I also have PC-Cillin, but it is a piece of crap, and I don't know why I haven't just deleted the damn thing, but I have completely disabled it.
Now, though I connect through my office, where all the other computers are part of a domain....I am NOT part of the domain. We all use a proxy address to connect. We are all sharing a connection through a server. The server holds the connection, and basically splits it out, to the other computers. I have not had any trouble with connecting to the internet, since we tried to connect to my desktop, but I have not been able to get into limewire, (or party poker, hahaha, but that's a good thing). Could this have anything to do with my default gateway or DNS server settings???

thanks for your help. Hopefully, we can get this thing working.

figment

I presume your outgoing ip is either 192.xxx or 10.xxx right? Have you tried the proxy settings in LW? I'm not in the know about connecting from a large network domain. Are you saying the IT guy at work is able to use LW at work? If yes, then there's perhaps something he isn't telling you.

yeah, I've fussed with the ip settings in LW. Mumbo Jumbo. All that crap is confusing. I've gone into LW, and told it to use an Http proxy, and input the proxy and gate I've been using. Now, it doesn't want to work. You are right about the IP address though. 192.xxx.x.xxx.....

The IT guy does not run Lime Wire. He's a nerd, and doesn't even know what it is. The thing is, I was running it just fine, before. He has not changed anything, and I've always had a 192 IP address. There is a domain, that all the OTHER computers are hooked into. I am NOT part of the domain, but we all share the same connection.

Did you check whether the IP address and the Mask in LW are the same in the Local Area Connection under TCP/IP Internet Protocol?
:Smilywais:

I can easily find these values in Windows, but I don't know where i would find them in LW.

Maybe I'm not following. Are you saying that I should compare the IP and subnet values in my windows settings to the values in LW? If so, I don't know where to find them in LW.

I know that under options>advanced>proxy I have it set to use an Http Proxy with the proxy address and port input into the fields. I don't know where I would specify the IP address or Subnet Mask values.

FYI: I also have it set on Manual Port Forward on 6346 and to listen on port 5722. (I don't know if that makes a difference).