More firewall problems!

[Calum1981]

Grrrrrrrrrrr!!! What is going on with LimeWire?! Now I've finally managed to get the thing to start up without freezing every time, I have another problem! It worked fine for about a day, then out of nowhere I got the dreaded brick wall in front of the Earth symbol! I've disabled Norton, disabled Windows firewall and even disabled the firewall on my BT HomeHub, and STILL it's there!!!

I went through the process of forwarding the port but that didn't work either (unless I did it wrong). But I don't get why it would suddenly say there was a firewall when there isn't!!! Please help!

[birdy]

Instead of disabling your firewall, it's better to configure it properly. If you have a Norton firewall then disable XP's & configure Norton.
See of you find any help in the sticky below
Connection problems? Check here first!

If you're stuck, post back with your details
System details

[Calum1981]

Hi, I already tried configuring Norton as suggested by permitting LimeWire but it was still showing as behind a firewall.

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows XP
2. What firewalls you have? Norton, XP, BT HomeHub
3. How much ram? 512MB
4. Hard Disk space available? 20GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? BT HomeHub
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)? Home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. LimeWire 4.12.6 Java 1.5 Update 9
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? BT Yahoo Broadband
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. 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

[Calum1981]

Can anyone help???

[susanna]

Hi there CAN ANYONE HELP ?????
I too am experiencinf problems connecting to Limewire. I am not a computer "bod" and some of the instructions I have been reading both on the lime wire conection problem page or the microsoft instructions of how to open perts and stuff mind boggling. PLEASE ( in layman terms ) can anyone out there talk me through ? I am finding that when I follow the step by step instructions, some tabs or options which i am asked to select are not there
I only want to download some music !!!
Regards
Susanna

[susanna]

sorry meant to type ports lol

[Lord of the Rings]

Can you help us to help you please by answering what you can about your system; see System details - help us to help you (click on link)

[susanna]

I WAITED FOR ABOUT 45MINS FOR A REPLY SO I GUESS THAT THERE IS NO ONE THERE AT THE MOMENT. I WILL LOG ON AGAIN TOMORROW. BYE FOR NOW xxx SUSANNA

[susanna]

Sorry lord of the rings, only just spotted your reply after I posted my message. I am also at the moment having difficulty opening links ( the ineternet explorer window becomes inactive. I will try the link page you have suggested and will get back to you via this forum if not successful. Fingers crossed, here goes....

[susanna]

No, sorry just got a dead page again... short of throwing PC out of window, any suggestions ? Thanks for your response
sSusanna