Hi Gnutellians...
I can confirm that copying a new gnutella.net file worked in my case. The file location in OS x 10.5.1 is Users>(user-name)>Preferences>Limewire.

We upgraded from Windows XP to a new MacBook with OS x 10.5.1. Limewire had been working for a long time - but no joy on the MacBook. I copied the gnutella.net file from our old XP machine to the MacBook and things worked right away. I noticed that the gnutella.net file on the MacBook was an empty - zero-length - file. Looks like something in the current Limewire download can't handle that empty file.

Limewire administrators -(IMHO) I suggest this should be the first thing to try for this problem, since it is a pretty benign change and only applies to gnutella/limewire. Other fixes suggested here - deleting Java runtimes, changing router configurations - are more risky and can adversely impact other applications.

Hello,

The Forum says to try replacing the gnutella.net file to solve connection problems. OK, I see the file in Users\"user name"\Libray\Preferences\LimeWire\, now where can I get a new/clean copy of gnutella.net to replace it with?

Click on the following link:

gnutella file

The link to download the file is half way that page...

Or specifically OSX see Replacing gnutella.net file on Mac OSX
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Got it! Thanks much for your help, msanta

How do I find the file location "OS x 10.5.1 is Users>(user-name)>Preferences>Limewire."? I am new to Mac sorry. I went Users>(My User Name)> but no preferences. Where else can it be?

Why don't I have a preferences folder?

When you open your hard drive, there is a folder named "users", open this folder, inside this folder you'll see your "user", open that , go to the "library" folder and in the library folder you'll see your preferences folder.

HD>users>"your user">Library folder>Preferences folder>Limewire folder

U da man!! It worked!

No problem, I am glad to help!

My limewire is always connecting to the network but it never gets connected! What can I do? I tried to download the gnutella file and I didn't know what to do with it. Help!

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