Did Verizon block gnutella?

[Sorien]

I am having the same problem with both Frostwire and Limewire, but since Frostwire is the one I am trying to use now I am posting here. It's been ongoing for a few months now. Whenever I launch either app I get "Starting connection" and "Frostwire has detected a firewall", and that's it. I have it set to use UPnP, and I can see in the router settings that the port forwarding is in fact getting set. I tried changing the default port but it doesn't help. I am running Ubuntu 11.10, and both programs did at one time, as in earlier this year even, connect to the network. I am using Frostwire 4.21.8 with java 1.7.0_21.

I am wondering now if Verizon blocked the gnutella network, or if there would be any way to check and see. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

[Sorien]

Just tested by booting in to Fedora with the same results, and then again with Frostwire 4.18.6 back in Ubuntu again, no luck with either.

[birdy]

Hi Sorien,

I'm not a Linux user, so sorry if this isn't helpful but have a look through this post & see whether the info helps: LW Linux regular & beta installers

Apart from installers, that post has a link to a fresh connection file for LimeWire 4 versions & AFAIK the fix should also be good for FrostWire 4 versions (since FW 4 is based on LW 4 code). You'll find links to the connect file at the bottom of the post.

Don't bother with the MediaFire or FileCloud mirrors - the file is no longer available there.

Try the connect fix & see whether that solves your problem.

If you're still stuck, please post back & maybe include your system details in case there's anything else in your setup that could be the problem.

[Lord of the Rings]

As Birdy suggested, try a fresh connection file. This is a likely issue. I have not created connection installers for linux because I thought the concept was easy enough to manually replace the file and was not sure how much demand for a linux connection installer would be. ie: download a fresh gnutella.net file, go to your Home folder, either ~.limewire or ~.frostwire folder and replace the gnutella file inside.
Keep in mind if using LW 5 and the gnutella file's modification date is older than 28 days then LW will delete the file as it opens. But I produced a linux LimeStart for LW5 to solve this issue. I have Ubuntu 12.0.4 and LW 4 and LW 5 connect fine.

Also keep in mind that for LW at least, you may see a no connection message on the main window. This is because the main window connected to the original LW site which no longer exists. All that matters are the connection bars bottom-left-corner of the LW screen. sample image.

One of the tricks I used to use for LW4 was to disable one of the advanced settings such as either DHT and TLS, I can't remember which one seemed to work for me. Otherwise it seemed to have connection/firewall warning issues.

If still no connection you could try installing Phex to see if it connects. There is a Phex connection installer for Linux. (I created a connection installer for Phex because it does multiple things.)

Edit: Fixed the Filecloud, MediaFire and Rapidshare broken links.

[Sorien]

Was working on a long involved details filled post, testing as I went, and one of the things I tested was a version of Limewire from here:

LimeWire - Linux versions - filecloud.io

And as it turns out, that worked.

Thanks guys.

[Lord of the Rings]

Great to hear. Which version may I ask?

[Sorien]

LimeWireOther_4.18.8p