has anyone ever recieved the error message popping up when you start limewire:


"limewire was unable to set up a port to listen for incoming connections. Some features of limewire may not work as expected."

i keep getting this message every time i start limewire, and it won't connect it always just stays at the Starting connection status.

I have no idea what this message even means or how to fix it, anyone ever get this problem?

Hi 75.
System details - help us to help you Please.

Cut n paste these Questions,put your answers in bold text Thank You.

Recently there's been a problem with people not providing enough details about their setup - despite being asked again & again.
So let's make it easy for everyone...the details that we need if we're going to be able to help with complex problems are:

1. what OS version? (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista)
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 (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.) ?
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.?
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ?
10. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ?
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.?
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ?
14. Have you given full permisions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ?
15. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.?

These are all contained within the sticky Connection problems? Check here first!
but possibly some people are getting a bit confused or lost when we direct them to this sticky & ask them to provide their details.

This information can be vital
For instance, some ISPs are known for blocking p2p/throttling bandwidth,
some connection devices are known for being unreliable in certain situations.

So please, help us to help you & provide as much info as you can.
If you're new to LW or new to computers & aren't sure how to answer some questions,
or don't know what an ISP or router is - just say so. Nobody's going to yell at you:wink:
Even if you can't answer all the questions in one go...don't worry. Do the best you can & we'll take it from there.
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1. what OS version? XP
2. What firewalls you have ? Windows Firewall
3. How much ram ? 448 MB
4. Hard Disk space available ? 74.5 GB
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Highspeed ADSL through phone jack
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers ? Telus 2Wire modem
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.) House
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.? Limewire Pro 4.12.3
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ? Telus Communications
10. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ? it says 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.? new problem with experienced user
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ? yes but there always was before this connection problem occured and it worked fine before when there was a brick wall.14. Have you given full permisions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ? I put limewire into the exceptions list in the firewall settings
15. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.? Firewall On

Please give full info.
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers ?
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS shows both LW & Java version.?
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1. what OS version? XP
2. What firewalls you have ? Windows Firewall
3. How much ram ? 448 MB
4. Hard Disk space available ? 74.5 GB
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Feeding off of Wireless Signal from another computer's router
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers ? Telus 2Wire modem, model number: 2700HG-E
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.) House
8. What version,LimeWire & Java,Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.? Limewire Pro 4.12.3, Java Version: J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ? Telus Communications
10. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ? it says the 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.? new problem with experienced user
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ? yes but there always was before this connection problem occured and it worked fine before when there was a brick wall.
14. Have you given full permisions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ? I put limewire into the exceptions list in the firewall settings
15. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.? Firewall On

Sorry man your method of connecting is totally over my head
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mickjapa108

lol, its not really that complicated. Im living in a house where they have a computer upstairs that has a modem connected to it and they are connected to the internet through their local area network. its an adsl connection that has an ethernet cord running from their computer to the modem and then from the modem to the wall phone jack. this modem also is a wireless router and is sending out a wireless signal. I am downstairs with my laptop using that wireless signal to connect to the internet because my laptop has a wireless card in it that enables me to pick up on wireless signals.

Try changing the listening port number to something between 49152 up to 65535, try this one 64049....

If that doesn't work select the manual port forward box and enter the same number into it as the one in the listen port box....

If you still have trouble try deleting your prefernce folder (it may help)...
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should

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11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. No

So is it yes or no, 2 computers Sharing a connection means you must portfaward both computers with different port No's. & create a different static IP for each computer.
The wireless router has a NAT Firewall that needs configuring.

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Demonboy75 (& WW)

Believe it or not, your internet setup is exactly the same as the one I am going to install in my home a few weeks from now (albeit with different equipment). I'm going for the Thomson SpeedTouch 585(i)v6 modem/router with the 121g wireless USB client

This will allow me to keep my secure connection, i.e. my computer will be the one connected to the modem/router via an ethernet cable, and my two sons will use their own computers connecting to the modem/router via a secure WPA encrypted wireless radio signal.

The only thing I'd like to mention, and what my research has revealed, is that you will not be able to make any changes to the modem/router, e.g. port forwarding etc, from your laptop unless you have administrative access. Therefore, you will have to make the necessary configuration changes from the upstairs computer, the one physically connected to the modem, as that will have the required access rights.



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