I've been using LW for two years with nary a problem. At the moment, I cannot connect. I have the usual "brick wall" and only *one* out of 5 possible bars. I'm using version 4.13.

Here's my specs:

AMD 64 3700
2GB DDR2 RAM
250GB HDD, with 90GB Free
Windows XP Professional

Here's what I've tried:
-Reinstalling
-Downgrading to a previous version
-Port Forwarding
-Exception on my Firewall (Kerio Personal Firewall)
-Disabling Firewall
-Deleting preferences folder
-Deleting LineWire folder
-Updated Java
-Defragged
-Cleaned out Registry
-Re-defined my speed as "T3"... have tried every speed
-And much, much more!

And yet it still does not work. It worked yesterday, but not today. No, my ISP doesn't block such things... other P2P programs work... like my .torrent programs.

What is the problem? This is very frustrating. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for your time,
-Gub

Oh, and also it will not close. I have to go in to Task manager and end it's process tree.

That's a first, too.

What's the brand & model of your router? If it supports UPnP, have you tried using that option within tools > options > advanced > firewall config?

When you port forwarded, did you set up a static IP first? Also, did you make sure that LW's listening port & the port forwarded were the same number?

Have you tried changing to a higher port number (eg 64049)?

Just out of interest, who is your ISP?

Have you double checked that the XP firewall is off?

When you deleted preferences, did you also check for a folder in the old location of C:\Documents and Settings\your username\.limewire?

If you have SP2 installed, are you using one of the connections patches?

Linksys BEFSR41, it supports uPnP, and that option is enabled.

Yes, I am running.. port 52043, I believe.

My ISP is Telus, located in northern Alberta, Canada.

Yes I did, and I also deleted that folder too.

I just installed the connection patch.

And thanks for the quick response.

It worked for around 5 minutes... and then crapped out on me. My connection is solid, my firewall was down, all ports that it used was opened... and then the next day when I boot up my pc, it still does not connect.

Oddly enough, Shareaza was giving me the same problems, too.

AFAIK Telus aren't anti-p2p. But maybe they're having some issues right now that are causing problems with p2p?? Have you tried any other p2p apps besides Shareaza & LW?

Are you sure it's not your router crapping out...is everything else ok internet-wise? Have you tried resetting your router back to defaults ( a pain I know) & setting things up again?

I have other computers plugged into the router, and they run LW *perfectly*.

This is totally random... it *seems* to be working again... 4/5 bars... but with a firewall icon on. Odd...

And you know what? As soon as I finished typing that, it shot down to the old 1 out of 5 bars with the firewall. Oh, joy...