1. OS version? Mac OSX 10.4
2. What firewalls you have? None built-in
3. How much ram? 2gb
4. Hard Disk space available? 6gb
5. Connection type? Cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Linksys WRT54G, Motorola Surfboard
7. Where are you trying to connect from ? Apartment
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? Limewire 4.14.10 Pro, Java 1.5.0_07
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Comcast
10. 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? Works.
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. 3 Computers (1 Desktop-XP connected via ethernet, 1 desktop-XP conected via wireless, 1 laptop - Vista via wireless)
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? _ Yes
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? Port forwarding is enabled
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? None
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland). USA

1. Remember OSX has its own firewall. You can either disable it or give LW access; OSX Firewall settings for Tiger

2. That model Linksys was a lemon, sorry but it was. It has major firmware problems which Linksys never bothered to fix up. Port forwarding is definitely the way to go. Which means you need to port forward a different port for the Mac to any other computer that uses the router. Remembering in the process of port forward, the very first step is setting up a static ip; Static ip for OSX. After setting up a static ip & setting the port rules for both TCP & UDP, then you go to LW's options under preferences, Advanced, Firewall & set to port forward & change the connection & listening ports to those you used for the Linksys. Manual port forward instructions & sample image

1. I know, but the firewall is disabled.

2. Yeah, I know this model of Linksys sucks. I already have port forwarding enabled, and I have the router manually assign me a static IP.

Sometimes Limewire does work, but sometimes I have to disconnect and reconnect to get it to work.

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So the router is properly port forwarded? You can only use a port forward port for one application & I think also for one computer. So other computers if needed to use port forwarding would need to use different ports. You may have a clash of ports if more than one computer is using the same port & one is port forwarded.