Hey there,

Can anyone lend a hand and help me get connected. I have read some tips from user Lord of the Rings and gave that a shot. I deleted the .limewire folder (while the program was off) and had MRJ already installed. Still nothinng. I also read the firewall information but was unable to locate any firewall on my HD. Any thoughts? Anyone with a similar problem.
Thanks for your help

How do you connect to the Internet? Do you connect through a university network or ISP? You might have to contact your network administrator or ISP to open a port so you can connect and download from the gnutella network. The port that LimeWire uses to connect is port 6346. I hope this helps solve your problem.

I connect through an ISP with an external DSL (speedstream) modem. Can I set up the port myself? Any tips on doing that?

Thanks!

komonkey, I think you will have to call up your ISP and ask them to open port 6346 so that you will be able to connect and download from the gnutella network using LimeWire. I don't think you will be able to do it yourself. I hope this helps.

komonkey you're using an Efficient(Siemens) Speedstream right. Chances are it is 'at least' semi-blocking your connection. You will need to forward a port within your modem. I can hopefully give you instructions on how to do this if you can tell us your model number. Many high speed modems have a type of internal firewall. And port 6346 is one of those they block, at least partially.

I'm using an Efficient Networks Speedstream 5100. Any advice would be great. Much obliged LOTR.

2 Steps & the 1st one is the easiest:
1. Within LW: Force IP instructions & sample image

2. Port Forwarding for the Efficient Speedstream 5100 Router But you 'will need' to set up a Static IP so see the link to the Static IP guide at the top of that page. Otherwise evertime you log-on to your computer your modem will have a different ip & thus your settings will have been in vain. Don't forget to SAVE all your settings & for some modems you need to reboot them after these type of changes. You need to use Port 6346 for the port from & to.

This will hopefully fix your problems. After completion 'leave LW on for a time' to allow it to connect.

The first step was easy but when I go to the following step...

"Enter the ip address of your router in the address bar of your browser. The routers default ip address is 192.168.254.254"

I get an error message that reads "connection failure has occured".
Is that the correct routing number? I tried to cut and paste it and type it in as well in both explorer and netscape. I also added www. & http:// in front of it and that didn't work either.
Is there another way to connect to?

Are you sure it's your router address or your computer address.

You might take a look there komonkey http://home.visi.com/support/dsl/5200/
Normally you "should" be able to access the router with that address http://192.168.254.254/
(can you connect with dialup on lw?)

Ciao

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