i have been using limewire for a good 10 months. it has been working fine untill about a month ago, when it would not download.
i uninstalled and reinstalled and it has the firewall permenatly up even though i have allowed limewire. the connection skips between 1 bar and 4 and a few results sometimes come up but i cannot download them.
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) windows xp
2. What firewalls you have? windows one
3. How much ram? 1gb
4. Hard Disk space available? 250gb
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? asdl router, HUAWEI smartAX MT882
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. dunno as have uninstalled. but i didnt have a problem with java limewire version was 4.12.06
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? talktalk
10. 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? your test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. nope
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new problem, see above
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yep, thats the main problem

please help, im getting really annoyed thanks

Your ISP is your problem. They shape P2P bandwidth over certain times of the day.

1. You'll find TalkTalk here ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire

2. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=64467

thanks. how can i get around it?

Look at the TalkTalk links in the 1st link I gave or search talk* on the forum. I believe you can only use it at certain times of the day. I've heard most UK isp's are now applying similar policies. But not all!!!

UKBobboy01 has some knowledge of a few isp's that don't shape or block p2p.

Hi Charlilou

I see that you are also a victim of your current ISPs bandwidth/traffic shaping policy, or as they would call it “Fair Usage” policy.

You asked:To be honest, you can’t because your ISP has installed equipment and software that actively looks for P2P traffic and curbs it.

The only way to avoid your ISPs bandwidth shaping is to move to another ISP, now in the UK there are probably less than six ISPs that do not employ bandwidth shaping techniques, of which I only know of two, i.e. NTL and Bulldog. It may also be possible that Tesco do not bandwidth shape but my good friend and forum colleague Only A Hobo could answer that one.

Hope this helps.



UK Bob

thinking of changing to sky. are they any good or do they block programs like this.

any chance of a list of the ones that don't block limewire.

That's a good idea ukbobboy01, why don't we try to put together a list of UK isp's that don't block LW. Might need a reasonable amount of research to find for sure which ones don't shape p2p. Perhaps we can discuss how to go about it in the padded cell.

OK LOTR

Catch you in the padded cell.


UK Bob