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Old April 28th, 2008
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how do i find where my ip is?
and how do i find a host again??
if there is an answer to this question already can u send me the link cuz ive beeen looking for awhile heh
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Old April 28th, 2008
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ok i think i kind of understand by finding one of the post about direct connection...but when i go there it says
your computer is behind a firewall or router and cannot recieve direct connections

what does this mean? what do i do?
thanks.
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Old April 29th, 2008
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It means you need to open Limewire's listening port in your firewall, probably Router firewall. If using UPnP doesn't work for that, then you need to portforward.

try here: PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall it should explain a lot.
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Old April 29th, 2008
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okay i think i messsed up or something i trying to allow an exception to limewire so thered be no firewall and now it sayss trying to connect and it wont let me download?? what did i do wrong
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Old May 16th, 2008
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I have limewire version 4.2.5 i only have one bar highlighted green it says quality: connecting and i'm sharing files. How come i can't get my quality to go to excellent?
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