Yesterday limewire decided to hide behind a firewall. It has been working fine for ages but now stopped. i have installed various versions, running new beta 4.13 at minute, PLEASE HELP, before i go insane. have allowed limewire under program control in norton.






1. OS version? XP
2. What firewalls you have? Norton internet security 2007
3. How much ram? 784
4. Hard Disk space available? 21.0Gb
5. Connection type? Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? sagam F@st 800-840
7. Where are you trying to connect from House
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? LM 4.13.0 Java 1.5.0_099. Who is your ISP provider? tiscali
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. NO
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. first time, always worked before
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes



Please help me i am going insane. if it helps i am also running Azureus bit torrent .


thanks in advance


Mark

Be aware that Norton is very fussy. For each version of a program you install, you need to recalibrate Norton for. 1. Reconfiguring Norton Firewall, & 2. Configuring Norton Internet Security, 3. Make sure XP's firewall is disabled. You'll find it in control panels.

Read this: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...hlight=tiscali

Good find ukbobboy01 I totally missed that. And yes, chances are the sudden firewall is due to Tiscali ... as well as any slow speeds.

thanks for all your advice, finally got to the bottom of it. Had all weird things happen. The thing that fixed it was easy. I defragmented my hard drive and hey presto. So that a bit of advice to people, try the easy things first. Thanks again!!!



Mark

You know Mark

I think there is more to your solution than you are letting on, simply put how could a fragmented C:\ drive cause the firewall icon to be displayed in LW? Also, a fragmented drive would slow all your apps down but you did not say that in your post.

Anyway, the main problem is that you did not supply enough info, i.e. the symptoms your PC were showing when you wrote out your cry for help. It would be appreciated if you have another problem you try to be as comprehensive as possible and not just leave us with the edited highlights.


UK Bob

Thought it was too good and easy. Same again today. Nothing will log in. limewire, my bittorrent account or camfrog. Problem is deep down. Either with Tiscali or Norton internet security 2006 (posted 2007 but soon relised it was 2006) it has just never done this before, seems weird too me.

Well that's the side-FX of some of the limitation/blocking techniques some isp's use nowadays. Suddenly you can't find any results or can't downld or extremely slow speeds.

So glad I read your message! I am a new user of limewire, and this forum. My broadbrand provider is also tiscali, i'm running XP and Norton 2007. Configured Norton to allow Limewire to acces Internet, and turned XP firewall off, LIMEWIRE CONTINUES TO BE FIREWALLED!!! This is driving me crazy, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks

Elliott

yes,

I run limewire with noreton and tiscali. I have to log mine on in the morning or late at night. During busy periods, IE the evening, no chance. Hope this helps.



Am trying to get hold of tiscali to justify