Firewall Problem
 

I just bought a new laptop and a new router. I have Windows Vista, the latest version of LimeWire. Apparently, the firewall in my netgear router is blocking my LimeWire from connecting on this computer. How do I set LimeWire to work around the router? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.

Brandon

If you could supply these details we may be able to help...As you are aware Vista is new so we will do the best we can.....:rolleyes_2:
System details - help us to help you

Thanks for all the help. Here are the answers:

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)=Windows Vista Home Premium
2. What firewalls you have?=Not sure, but I know there is some kind of firewall in my NetGear router.
3. How much ram?=1014 GB
4. Hard Disk space available?=67.48 GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)=Comcast Cable Internet
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?=The modem is by Motorola, the router is NetGear WGT624
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?=House
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.=LimeWire 4.12.11/Java 1.6.0-rc
9. Who is your ISP provider (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?=It says,"Your test worked!"
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.=At the moment, I have 4 computers running on a NetGear router
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.=I've had this program for a long while, so no this isn't my first issue.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?=Yes

Having Comcast can cause troubles as they are known to shape p2p...But you could try port forwarding as your router has a Nat Firewall and see if that helps...

Here are the instructions for your router....
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...4/Limewire.htm

Make sure you follow all the steps, especially the Static IP part....

I've had this same ISP, they just changed from Time Warner to Comcast here, and LimeWire has been working. Thanks, I will give that a shot and let you know how it works.

Well, funny thing, I went to do the first step which was opening LimeWire and it worked then...go figure.

UPDATE: I opened it today (for the first time since it has worked last) and it didn't want to work. So...I opened LimeWire on another computer that's on the same network and it loaded fine and didn't have the firewall sign over it. It has something to do with McAfee I suppose. Does anyone happen to know a lot of about McAfee? I tried disabling the firewall in McAfee but it still didn't work. The other computer I was talking about on the same network is hardwired though and this one that is having issues is wireless. Would that make any difference? Thanks any help is greatly appreciated.

There's 2 options for McAfee unistall the whole thing or try this fix, but this person had LW running fine and now has run into trouble again, so where not sure if it was an update that caused this or something else...
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showpo...38&postcount=1

Ok, so my best bet is to go to their support site and get the same instructions as he/she did?

Yep , but as I said it is not guaranteed as that person is now having trouble again....