You guys are funny!!! Ive managed to get my limewire working by connecting and disconnecting to my internet a few times. Thanx for the help, if it starts acting weird again i will go to the link and send you my details.
p.s. 'nerd' isnt really a insult and i agree 'limey' is a bit outdated now.

1. windows xp home service pack 2
2. windows firewall and shaw secure
3. 1.23 g of ram
4. not sure how much hard disk left
5. cable
6. motorola modem and linksys router model wrt54gs
7. connecting from house
8. limewire version 4.14.8
9. shaw internet service provider
10. the test worked
11. im using a router to share the connection with one other computer. and I am using bittorent as well.
12. ive used limewire many times in the past and I reinstalled it and it wont work.
13. yes i do see a brick wall infront of a blue world icon.
14. i am not sure what u mean by port forwarding or upnd enabled
15. I am using a shaw secure antivirus program with a firewall
16. I am living in canada.

hopefully that will help u guys. It would be greatly appreciated if you could help.

Ok maybe a bit hasty, I'm sorry for loosing my cool. And b-boy is right When it comes to the pc I dont think out side the box much, new at it. stranger to me in many ways. I was chiming in to a thread I know now thats not the way it is done here . So my apologies to you ukbobboy and any others who thinks I'm out of line. I.m sure you (ukbobboy) are a inspiration to those who need your help, But give me some credit, I did not throw the (wanker) word out there, even I know not to cross that line. Cheers! Dan aka ride1on Riverside California U.S.A.

Mine won't connect either.
Here is my system details.
1. Windows XP
2. I have CA Antivirus and Windows Firewall
3. 256 MB
4. 8.74GB Available
5. Ethernet cord
6. No modem just the ethernet cord
7. Apartment complex
8. LW: 4.14.8 Java:1.5.0_09
9. Internet Explorer
10. It says your test worked
11. Yes I think I share this internet connection with the rest of my apartment complex.
12. No I have been a user for about 3 years now and I have been experiencing this problem off and on for about a year and just in the past couple of months it won't connect at all.
13. Yes i see a brick wall and I have even disabled my firewall connections and the wall is still there
14. N/A
15. CA Antivirus
16. USA

OK Guys,

Lets see what we can do.

Bmxguy

You say that you share the connection, are you the administrator for your modem and router?

If you are, there are a few things you need to do:

a) Enable UPnP and IGD (Internet Gateway Discovery and Client Control) on your Windows XP, either your modem manual or the MS site will tell you how to do this.

b) Enable UPnP on Limewire.

See my attached screen prints for a) and b).

c) Enable UPnP on your modem and router (you can only do this if you are the administrator)

d) If "block ICMP" is enabled on your modem and/or router then disable it.

The object of all this is to give Windows and Limewire control over your modem (and router) and allow LW access to the internet.

However, if UPnP etc. does not work then the next stage is port forwarding.

Tcherryj

Your problem is entirely different, we have had other apartment dwellers from the US in this forum before. It seems that the ISP for your apartment complex may have decided to throttle P2P internet connections. If this is the case then you are stuck because, and as far as I understand, you cannot change ISPs or do anything about their anti-P2P policy.

However, if I am wrong (and I hope I am) get back to the forum and tell us.

Well Bex1

I'm glad we can entertain you, I mean if we can't solve your problems at least we brightened your day


And last but not least Ride1on

Apology accepted and no harm done.



UK Bob

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Thank you UKbobboy01!

Well I found out what type of modem I have it is Cnxt 2011 D850 56K V.9x DF Modem. i don't know if that helps any but I tried forcing the port and nothing seems to work

I intstalled limewire and all it does is keep spinning around. Someone said uninstall and reinstall Jave. Does that work and how do you do it?
Also I'm computer illiterate.

I dont think I am the administrator but I know the administrator (my dad) gave me all the priveleges and stuff to do pretty much everything. So I will try what you said. I will report back tomorow or later.

Bmxguy

It may save some time if you ask your Dad for help, its possible that your Dad may know how to do all the stuff I've asked you to try.


UK Bob