I've gone through the forum and sadly, see no answer to this problem. I am running Limewire on a Mac OS 9.2 and on a Mac 8.6; I connect fine, I can search fine, but can't download a thing. I am behind a firewall that should let the ports through on one Mac; the other Mac I am not behind a firewall and am using a dial up modem. I have had no luck with either and am in search of another program that would actually work. As for upgrading to Pro, I might be willing to do that but not before I can get this one to work.

I just sent an e-mail to Limewire about their lack of action, or even response, on this issue. You'd think we would hear from them as this is their "official" support forum.

Ryan

I have had no problem downloading. In fact I downloaded twentyfive songs today using a modem. The only problem I have had is since Limewire is made of Java it eats up ram like there's no tomorrow.

I've had these sorts of problems with the 2.1.3 PRO version of LW on Win2K. I.e. I can connect and search okay, but I rarely get a successful d/l. I either get "Could not download" or "Busy" (and this waits indefinitely). Don't get me wrong - I expect to see these messages on occasions, that's just life on the gnutella network, but not all of the time!

I have reverted to version 1.7c and I can d/l without any problems. Having bought the PRO version for features like ultrapeer, swarming and even little things like the repeat search facility (which is a God send) I'm a bit ****ed off that it doesn't work.

Is the server dead today? Can't search, let alone download.
I'm on T3, using Mac 6320 (OS8.6), and running the latest version of LW.
It's been bad all day so far.
Someone kindly confirm.
Thanks.

(edited out email address to comply with forum rules)

I have the same prob.
The first time I installed LimeWire I could use it
only one time!!!!!
The second time it always says:
Could not download.

The same effect with the new Version (2.1.3).
The first time I used it after installation and
downloaded a few songs.
The next day I couldn't download.

What the hell is going on????

System: RedHat 7.2

I have the same problem mentioned above with 2.1.3 after an upgrade from 1.7. just wanted to add my weight...

I had no problem before, even when running purely NAT'ed (though obviously I could not upload then). Now it either doesn't work at all (tries for ever getting 'waiting for x busy' and then eventually gives up 'Could not download') or (once so far) it works fine. Bizarre

My specifics: running WinXP on a fairly fast machine, behind an Alcatel Speedtouch 510 ADSL router, running NAT. I've port forwarded 6346 to my desktop, and forced my IP to the real external address. Obviously, I am also not downloading from private addresses.

I also noticed the Windows command line stuff is really slow when Limewire is running (eg. command prompt, telnet etc.). Not sure if this is related, or if it did this with 1.7.

Someone must have an idea?

Andy

so far everyone is just saying they have this problem! I have this problem too, but i have downloaded more than 100 files, before it started doing this. Now i can only download mp3 files, and sometimes they wont even work. if ANYONE has a solution, please email me! [email]*** Thank you so much