Hi everyone, new to forums, not new to Limewire,

yeh my problem is this: (& its only been doing this since I installed wireless)

http://www.limewire.org/wiki/index.p...r_Cant_Connect

It takes about 20mins to connect to the network.

It gets stuck on "connecting..." sometimes when downloadin files. Athough I have managed to download loads of files, but now it gets loads and loads of "Awaiting Sources"

& another problem is the firewall icon in front of the world icon.

Oh & when I click on "Show Incoming Searches", I get the message (something like) "Leaf & Ultrapeer, Little or no results will display here" Well something like that, I cant remember it & It wont say it again now as I chose it to not display that message again.

& No-one can upload from me.


Ive spent most of the night reading through this forum & it looks really helpful But as im new its all over the place to me, and I dont know where everything is!
Ive read through the solution on
http://www.limewire.org/wiki/index.p...r_Cant_Connect
& it says to look into the firewall settings, but I looked around my Nortons settings and have no idea what to change.

If anyone has Nortons or knows about it please help me on this..

Also I know how annoying it is when someone new comes along and asks questions thats already been answered in a sticky or other posts loads of times, but all Im looking for is a bit of help, even if its just a link as im confused where to look on the forums.

Thanks very much

THis will help us System details - help us to help you (click on link)

Be aware that almost all wireless devices have internal NAT firewalls. So ... question is whether your wireless setup has reliable UPnP support, if not then port forwarding may be the best solution.

If you're using Norton Firewall, then make sure XP firewall is turned off. These 2 tend to clash & have side effects. Also for Norton, if you install a new version of LW then you may need to reconfigure Norton. Norton seems to have that odd problem. Here's 2 links you should look through (1) Configuring Norton Internet Security, & also (2) Reconfiguring Norton Firewall

1. OS version?
XP Home.

2. What firewalls you have?
Norton 2006 On / Windows Always Off

3. How much ram?
512mb

4. Hard Disk space available?
200gb

5. Connection type?
wireless broadband

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
Router - http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106873

7. Where are you trying to connect from?
House.

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have?
4.12.10 / JRE 5 Version 10

9. Who is your ISP provider?
BT

10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here
Yup worked fine.

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs?If yes, please give details of set up.
I have 2 computers both going wireless to the router.

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
New problem since wireless / had limewire for along time though and know how it works mainly

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interfacce.
Yup.

thx for the links Lord Of The Rings, I'll look through those now

In my experience on these forums, Belkin almost always needs to be port forwarded. See instructions here Port Forwarding for the Belkin F5D8630-4 (click on link). The 1st step is vital ... setting up a static ip.

Ok I'll try that now,

I just tried everything on the other 2 help topics you linked to and none of those worked =(

cheers for all your help=D

When choosing a port for Firewall Configuration, it says to choose a port between 10000 and 60000, can this be absolutely any number between 10000 & 60000?

If not & it has to be a port number then where could I find a port number?!?

Cheers

Port 6346 should be fine. And do it for both TCP & UDP. Or a separate one for each of TCP & UDP is even better.

OH btw, if it works after port forwarding & you wanted to also use LW on the other computer, you'd need to do a separate port forwarding from the other computer & must use a different port to the one you used on the 1st computer.

Thx I just did the port forwarding for TCP & a seperate one for UDP.

Still a brick wall in front of the world =(

I'll restart my comp, see if this makes a difference.

Cheers.

I don't know about Belkin, but some devices require rebooting to get the PF into action.

Nope, still there & I still get the message "Your Client Is A Leaf Mode Sheilded By An Ultrapeer. Hence You Will See Few Or No Searches In The Monitor Window" when I click "Show Incoming Searches"

what else can i try, thx

EDIT: do you mean reboot the router yeh?