Hi folks
New to Limewire.
I`ve downloaded 9 files up to now but don`t seem to be uploading anything is that because noone wants the files or my settings are preventing them?. Fairly new to file sharing but had no problems previously with `Bitspirit` . All the files are in the `sharing` folder so ??.
Cheers
Steve

Does LW show that your firewall is blocking it(brick wall in front of the globe icon)? If so then that could be the problem. See Connection problems? Check here first!.

If not then probably no on has tried to upload your files. If you only have 9 files in your shared folder you may not get any hits. As your library grows you will start seeing more uploads.

Go to the library page and look under the uploads column. It looks like this 0 / 0, the first number is the completed uploads and the second is the attemps.

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Thanks for the reply 6_pac.
Yes I do have a brick wall in front of the blue globe.
I noticed my Lynksys router had a firewall active as well as Zone Alarm so deactivated the Lynksys one. The java.exe program has question marks set next to it in the program control part of zone alarm but still the brick wall is there.
That link you mentioned showed `your test worked` so wondering what to do next?.
Cheers
Steve

Haven't used ZoneAlarm but usually in firewalls when there is a questionmark on a program that you want to give full access, you can just right-click on it and choose allow instead of ask. This helps a bit with the startup process of Limewire. You should of course do the same thing with Limewire.exe if that has a question mark as well.

Another way to see if your files even show up in any searches in by looking at the hits. If the number under hits says zero then there is probably something wrong with your configuration. eg. firewall problem.

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Also the number in the green box says how many files you are sharing.

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Cheers for that Sleepless.
Yes I have allowed Limewire access with the Zonealarm firewall and also the java.exe I read about somewhere but still the brickwall is there.
It is showing 9 files sharing but no hits. Suppose I could disable zonealarm altogether while using Limewire but a bit reluctant to do that as its never been a problem before and always seems to work well perhaps too well for Limewire?. Are there better(?) firewalls available?.
Cheers
Steve

But is your XP firewall active also? Make sure it's not. http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...842#post178842

ZA http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=38788

Which model of Linksys do you have?

When you used BitSpirit before this, did you use ZoneAlarm as well ?
If so, then were you getting any remote peer connections using it?
I haven't tried BitSpirit but usually in BitTorrent programs it will say either L(Local) or R(Remote) beside the IP on the connected Peers list.

If you only get L then firewall is blocking something, if you get both L and R then it isn't blocking.

BTW these 9 files that you're sharing. Would you consider them popular? (don't mention names)
If they are rare files that you think not many are trying to find, then it could take a while for them to get hits. You could try disabling ZoneAlarm for maybe half an hour to see if that makes a difference though, just no internet browsing while you have it off. You could also try and leave Limewire on for a long time (eg. 24 hours) to see if anything shows up in the hits column.

Software like eg. PeerGuardian2 can in some cases make the Brick wall show as well.

I had that darn Brick Wall myself for ages before properly configuring my router, and am absolutely sure that files showed up in searches, because people uploaded files from me where I was the only host, which were not rated at Bitzi and I wasn't downloading anything (browse host not an option then). I notice a big difference in the number of hits I get now that it's gone though. The screenshot was taken after like 15-20 minutes after starting up Limewire.

In Limewire Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall Config
What are your settings?
If the Firewall is disabled in your router then you should be able to just use manual portforward (use the same number both for listening port and forwarded port) Then Allow that port (Both TCP and UDP , Incoming and Outgoing) as an advanced rule in your ZoneAlarm.

Hi all
Sorry for delay replying. Yes I did use zone alarm with BitSpirit no probs.
The 9 files I can share are only gps mapping stuff so popular??.
Not using PeerGuardian2 or anything like it.
Manual port forward settings are Forward and listening port 6346
Thanks again
Steve

Try portforwarding your LinkSys instead of disabling the firewall in it.

There is a good chance that you will find an exact guide on how to do this on this page. Just choose Forwarding, scroll down to your router,click it and then choose Limewire the same way.

www.portforward.com

Just remember the importance of having a static IP and that forwarded port and listening port have to be the same. And remember that there is only one port needed for Limewire.

And by the way GPS mapping is not sure to bring up many hits. Depends pretty much on filenames and format.

Excellent. Brickwall gone! thanks for that Sleepless never heard of port forwarding before. Must read the faq`s
Thanks again
Steve