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?

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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
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?

__________________
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR

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

__________________
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson
The shy can light the dull dark room with life when their eyes mirror their inner sunrise - LOTR

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