Right then,
I've finally managed to get into OSX's firewall by using the root user function....
I have enabled the Limewire port there, and also enabled the Port forwarding feature in LW (so not the UPnP recomended option)...
When I ask for a bug report though, it still says that the receiving incoming messages false....

Any suggestions??

Amedeo

What brand of Modem - router do you have? Whilst LW's UPnP works well on modems that utilise that technology, not all modems that have internal firewalls such as NAT have Universal Plug and Play ability. Thus might require a port to be forwarded (opened.) Just a thought.

One way to check would be to connect via dial up if your isp provider has that type of backup service. I presume you have an internal modem. This would by-pass the other modem. If your incoming was true after this then you know the issue is with your usual modem. But you should do the bug test after LW's been open for at least 20 to 30 mins.

By the way could I ask who your isp provider is?

Thanks LOTR,
No problem.
I am in Switzerland, so my provider is Bluewin, a part of the incumbant telecom provoder Swisscom.
I did wonder about the UPnP, so I did already the port forwarding.
My modem/router is:
Belkin ADSL Modem with Built-in 802.11g Wireless Router.

I'll try the bug report as u suggest after half an hour or so.

Thanks for the help

Amedeo

So you did or didn't forward a port on your modem? You probably have better instructions in your manual but: There's instructions here but these are basically for windows versions: http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm & of course you'd need to have a static ip for this to work. Then within LW follow Manual port forward instructions & sample image & 2 posts after that. ie: Opening Port 6346. (Manual port forward within LW was previously known as Force IP.)

I also came across these port forward hints for Belkin: http://www.adslguide.org.uk/hardware...f5d7630-4a.asp & also these results & Support

Hi LOTR,
Ok so I went through the reading you suggest, and I figure the best thing to do is to enable the feature called 'Application Gateways' in the Belkin router. This is what the blurb says:
"it allows a set of port forwarding rules to be pre-defined, but only to become active when traffic on a specific outgoing port is seen"...
It asks me for the trigger port and the public port, which are both I presume 6346...
Also it asks for the 'Type' for both of these (trigger & public) and the options it gives me are TCP or UDP.... can you let me know which I should choose?

Just to let you know I tried enabling the UPnP option in the Belkin (and changed the relevant LW pref) but it made no difference, so I figure this Application Gateway is the best way to go.

Thanks

Amedeo

Both UDP and TCP should be allowed. see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...=&postid=81714

btw--re the System firewall being greyed out, disabling the root password is often advised.

Thanks Steif,
Well, I chose TCP for both and now the bug report shows "Received incoming this session: true" so I guess its all ok now.... Unfortunately it only allows me to pick one or another....

Thanks to all of you for all your help

Amedeo

Odd. Does it allow you to add a new entry and make that one UDP?

Good to hear though that incoming is now allowed.

Yeah Steif,
I thought of that just after I posted, so I have now set up 2 lines, one for TCP and one for UDP...
All seems to be fine and dandy now!!

Amedeo

Good to hear. Happy sharing, and best wishes with the greyed out firewall setting. Just a belated thought: your wireless card (Airport?) functions as a firewall, IIRC. I wonder if the AirPort Admin in your Utilites folder (or whatever controls the wireless card on your Mac) has taken over controlling the firewall/port forwarding functions, so that is why your Firewall settings are/were greyed out.

Cheers