All,

After much thought about why Tiscali will not allow Limewire to work I determined that it is because they are blocking all port apart fromt ftp, http etc... which is true for the most part.. except there are some ports still open as others have said, what Tiscali have done is to stop incoming ports but not stop outgoing ones, so if you do the limewire test and goto :

http://www3.limewire.com:6346/

the site will display, but if you go to a port testing website and test that port on your computer it will be blocked from allowing incoming data through that port on Tiscalis servers.

So go to:

http://www.auditmypc.com/security-scan.asp

and in the third box down you can select the range of incoming ports to scan your computer for, try each range and then when you find a warning that says a port is open on your computer use that port number in Limewire, Firewall Listening port box. (don't use port 80 though as it will be in use already if the website shows that port)

I've just done this and it showed that Tiscali was allowing ports 4443 and 5190 and 5566 were open, now I can connect again.

Regards,

Dan

Thanks a lot for that Dan

I had a couple of people able to connect last week, after changing ports & I'd given them ports to try in the range of 49152 - 65535...so I assumed they'd used one of those (though they didn't say).

I tried the port scan but it's all new stuff to me, I dunno the range of ports.

Tried changing ports in LW to the ports reccomended on the forum i.e 4443 and 5190 and 5566 but got no joy.

Do I have to change both listening port and Manual Port Forward ? because i've tried both that and just leaving the Use UPnP but nothing has worked.

Is this definatley an ISP issue as I've used Tiscali for years with several different file sharers and never had this problem until a couple of days ago?

It's a bummer

Hi,

for about the past 6 weeks, I have experienced the same problem with tiscali as many other users here and in other forums.

I have switched the port to one indicated as open by the software. And it worked perfectly again. For two days and now it is back to blockage again. They seem to be able to detect open ports...

regards,
strucker

Hi,

I tried changing to the port numbers I was advised to by the good ppl on this forum but nothing worked...maybe I did it wrong. In the end I ditched LW and got Bearshare and guess what...it works perfectly.

I really dunno about Tiscali blocking ports I've used Tiscali for years with no probs at all until recently and the change of software sorted that out.

I still find this port problem baffling as I followed all advise but nothing worked...maybe I'm just a bit dumb.

Anyhow Bearshare works for me.

Cheers

Hey You people.
Dont waste your time, just get a proper ISP all these fixes are just temp, even
using bearShare, will only work for a day or two n that gets blocked
Get your Mac code from tiscali n vote with your feet.
Peace.

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mickjapa108

Hi,

2 weeks and counting with Bearshare no probs up to now

Hope you prove me wrong, If your not a high user, you may not be noticed.
Peace.

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mickjapa108

I have a solution for how to get limewire working with tiscali, but not everyone is going to like it (I've only just found this out, as I am a LW newbie, only been running for 4 days).

Ok, the solution is this: DON'T TRY TO CONNECT IN THE EVENINGS! I have only once (the first time) managed to do it, but all other times I have connected, I have tried in the morning. As I am disabled / housebound it's not a problem for me, and I can run limewire all day long until the evening, when my connection drops away to nothing.

This may not be official policy, it may even only be a temporary effect, but it's been true the last 4 days. I don't know what the cause is (it might be just 'one of those things', like I could never use RapidShare when I was with another ISP, but with tiscali I can).

Gotta be worth a try though - have a quick go before you go to work, see if I'm right.

If you have a look at Tiscali's fair usage policy, it states that Tiscali will manage bandwidth during peak hours (6-11 pm)
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/br...ode=ZZ-NL-11XY