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Old November 16th, 2007
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Angry FiREWALL--SOMEONE REPLY PLEASE!

ok...my limewire has been working for me just fine...but today i opened it up & i had one bar on the connections and it said im behind a firewall...gosh, it's really irritating me

on the settings for windows firewall i checked limewire for an exception and it still doesn't work..i tried restarting my comp. & everything..nothing seems to be working for me...SOMEONE PLEASE HELLLLPPPP!!



i filled out as much information as i know:

1. OS version? Windows Vista Home Basic
2. What firewalls you have? windows firewall & zonealarm(??)
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
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-4.14.10 & java-1.6.0-rc
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? my test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. no
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new problem with experienced user
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?_ YES click here to see Sample image
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? upnp enabled
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall avast & zonealarm
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


*thanks*
C0NNiE
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Try Birdy's advice in this sticky...
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...t-fix-try.html
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Old November 16th, 2007
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still no luck
this is sooo annoying..
i even got the most updated version of java & it still wont connect
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Try this, as strange as it sounds it has worked for many...
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/281366-post6.html
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