having problems with firewall
 

Firewall Difficulty
I'm running OS 10.3.4. / Limewire Pro 4.9.4

I get the message that my machine is behind a firewall. I close Limewire, go to system preferences/sharing/firewall, check Gnutella in the list of apps I will allow through, restart my computer, When Limewire comes up, I still have the firewall icon and after a couple of minutes the message pops up that I'm behind a firewall even though in my settings it says the firewall is off.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

As you may have noticed this is a copy and paste of a previous thread that had not been answered as I am having the EXACT same problem
Your help is appreciated

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
2. What firewalls you have?
3. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
4. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
5. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
6. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
7. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)?
8. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.

The most recent version of LW is 4.9.30

BTW go to System preferences>Sharing>Firewalls & is your firewall set on?

LOTR this is the info u required
 

1.I went to the page recommended and yes it said "your test worked", nothing else happened when i went there
2.firewalls that are on in my system preferences are -personal file sharing (548, 427) - FTP access (20-21, 1024 -65535 from 20-21) - apple remote desktop (3283,5900) and gnutella/limewire (6346).
3. i am on 512kps broadband connection
4.
5.connecting from home
6.LM-4.9.23 JAVA-1.4.2_09
7. isp is aapt
8.i am not sharing my connection with any other computers or file sharing programs.

my firewall set is on
also it doesn't happen all the time it's like LM will only sometimes detect a firewall at the moment LM is working fine, but that is only at the moment.

YOur help is appreciated

LOTR this is the info u required rgarding firewall probs
 

LOTR this is the info u required
1.I went to the page recommended and yes it said "your test worked", nothing else happened when i went there
2.firewalls that are on in my system preferences are -personal file sharing (548, 427) - FTP access (20-21, 1024 -65535 from 20-21) - apple remote desktop (3283,5900) and gnutella/limewire (6346).
3. i am on 512kps broadband connection
4.
5.connecting from home
6.LM-4.9.23 JAVA-1.4.2_09
7. isp is aapt
8.i am not sharing my connection with any other computers or file sharing programs.

my firewall set is on
also it doesn't happen all the time it's like LM will only sometimes detect a firewall at the moment LM is working fine, but that is only at the moment.

YOur help is appreciated

Configure your firewall so it allows LW full access; Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)

aapt sounds local. What type of modem is it? Does it have a model listed?

LOTR this is the info u required, any advice?
 

i have configured the firewall as per LM instructions, aapt is local in Sydney australia, i am using a D-LINK adsl modem, dsl-302g is the model number.

I am still getting the same message but not all the time sometimes LM works fine then it will just detect a firewall.

Please help

I just realised I never got back to you. You may need to forward a port. D-Link modem/routers don't use UPnP. The steps are: 1. Set up a static ip. 2. Forward port 6346 for each of TCP & UDP (separate port forwards). Then save & reboot the modem. 3. Within LW: Manual port forward instructions & sample image & 2 posts after that.

1. A guide for setting up a static ip for OSX: http://www.sonic.net/support/ss/mac/osx_staticip/ but don't add the domain addresses they show!

2. I don't have mac instructions for your particular model. Mine are here: Mac instructions for DI-Link 504g which 'might' be similar; or as another guide, PC instructions here: port forwarding Dlink 302Gv2 for pc

Hi i'm having connection problems too, and that test doesn't work for me! What does that mean?

By the way, does anyone know how can i find out if my University is blocking Limewire or has it's own firewall? I'm currently using a wireless connection so i have no idea what i'm connected to!
Thanks