firewll prob....lots of info, please help

[davnkellie]

i am running limewire on my laptop, been doing it on there for about 3 months with no problem then one day limewire froze up while downloading, and i shutdown and restarted computer and ever since then i get the brickwall. here is the info i can provid.
1. windows xp
2.windows firewll is turned off, running nortons, limewire is set to "permit all", i have also tried turning firewall in nortons completely off to see if it would help ( for about a minute)
3. 384mb of ram
4. i don't know how much hd space left, i don't have hardly anything loaded on it, and it is a 80gb hd to start with
5 and 6. i was running wireless with linksys wrt54g router with no problem, after getting the problem i tried using the ethernet cable directly and turning off wirelss, still no help
7.connecting at home
8.limewire version 4.12.6 and java 1.5.0_09
9.roadrunner high speed
10.went to the link, and yes my test worked
11.not sharing conection with any other computers
12.limewire worked for about 3 months, no new programs installed recently
13. yes i have brick wall

[Peerless]

try running your cable directly to your modem (skipping the router)

[davnkellie]

i did that already as stated in #5, i completely unhooker router and turned off wireless on computer and just ran a cable, nothing changed, thanks for the reply though

[Lord of the Rings]

wrt54g router has major firmware problems. See the note about wrt54g under the UPnP section here Connection problems? Check here first! (click on link) under Linksys listing about 20% of way down the page. And look for the link called "Linksys WRT54G - Fixed my problem, Followed these steps and it works!", but that's only if you're brave.

[davnkellie]

thanks for replying LOTR but i eliminated my router as being the problem, i turned off my wireless on my computer, unhooked the router and directly connected my computer to my roadrunner modem. still firewalled.

[Lord of the Rings]

Try these then:

1. Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.) Your prefs are probably corrupted after the freeze.

2. Reconfiguring Norton Firewall

[davnkellie]

i deleted the preferences folder and it didn't help,but...... i did finally get it to work, i did the port forwarding with my lynksys router. this link is awesome by the way and should be posted everywhere with firewall problems http://www.portforward.com/english/r...outerindex.htm
my question is why did i have to do this, i thought me unplugging my router and directly connecting to modem from isp elimanated me havng to mess with router? anyways thanks alot for your help, i went to the "reconfiguring norton firewall" link you gave and on that page i got sidetracked to the portforwarding link, i don't know if that was your plan but it worked.

[Lord of the Rings]

That is an awesome site. Yes port forwarding is much more reliable than UPnP & especially for your model. However, if you do find the port forwarding is unreliable, then re-check the link about the firmware issue. It's not for the faint hearted but it is effective if done properly.

Anyway congratulations.