Firewall Detected icon not there one day..there the next!

[mharing]

I haven't posted in a while because I have not been having any real issues. I 'spose I should have knocked on wood though because.......

I notice my old nemesis problem has returned. The fire wall icon has reappeared. But this happens it seems for no reason. I use the UPnP setting in LW preferences and I have checked that my Belkin router is set for UPnP as well. Doing this has given me a "No Firewall Detected icon" in the past so great! But now I see the brick wall/black sphere is back even though I have changed nothing since my last use!

Any helpful suggestions greatly appreciated....Thank you thank you thank you!

I am running LW 4.10 on a iMac with iTunes 7. I am physically connected to a Belkin router.



~~~This is an additional note after restarting LW...Once again, the detect firewall icon says it finds no fire wall now..A clear blue sphere. Odd how this thing goes back and forth!

[Lord of the Rings]

At what point does the brick wall appear? Is it as soon as you open LW & it doesn't disappear? I am aware not all belkin's are reliable with UPnP. But if it's worked fine for you in the past, there's no reason it shouldn't still work fine.

Are you using the resume/find sources function on all your incomplete files? If yes, & if you have a lot of incomplete files this can overcome the device. The mere traffic forced upon it overwhelmes it. Thus it's better to apply it to only 2-3 or so files at a time.

If you haven't used LW in a while & this has started happening, then close LW & delete your LW prefs folder (but make a note of important settings! Because next time you open it you will need to reset all your options.) Your LW prefs are found here /Users/your_username/Library/Preferences/LimeWire

BTW are you using your OSX firewall? Check to see if it's active. If yes, make sure LW is ticked as an option for clearway. But intermittent brick wall sounds more like unreliable UPnP. Keep in mind after opening LW that sometimes the brick wall can take anywhere from a few seconds to several mins for some people before it disappears.

[mharing]

It could be that it is an intermittent UPnP problem as I rarely have more than one download running at a time or stacks of incomplete files wrestling for closure. My OSX firewall is off as well. If the brick wall appears again, I'll leave LW open to see if after several minutes, it disapears.

One other thing, I have noticed my IP address occasionally has changed, but this may be because I have been turning off electrical appliances recently to service my water heater (flipping off the breakers..240 volts is a nasty shock!). The firewall setting could be invoked as a result of this I 'spose.

I will follow up in this thread as things happen. Thanks LOTR for your reply!

McH