Glad to see you're following what's going on with the forum - appreciate the quick reply. Yes, I figured the college's setup had something to do with it. They must have upgraded their system and taken action to prevent p2p. Tried force IP and got nothing. Researching proxies is taking a bit of time.... I've tried a few different combinations... It appears I need a server number and a proxy number in order to complete the appropriate fields.... Nothing has worked so far. I might just have to settle for no limewire at home, unless there are more effective programs.

Have you checked the proxy types & options suggested here: A Fix for those whose ISP's block Limewire pages 1 - 3 which have links to alternative instructions. Page 2 in particular I listed some mentioned around the forums.

But still, very hit n miss from what I've heard.

My main MAC bought the "big ONE", so now, I have to use my old laptop.

I used to use OS9 several years ago and there were quite a few areas that had to be "turned off".

Right now, I have reinstalled everything, but even with a dozen items in the SHARED folder, the application will not CONNECT. also, when I go to the FINDER, the whole app. QUITS.

SUGGESTIONS please.

marwen

Are there any incomplete download files? If yes, perhaps move them out. Or copy the complete incomplete folder elsewhere, then empty the one that LW is using. Too many incomplete files might affect it connecting.

However, I suspect your gnutella.net file is most likely out of date. See about half way down this page: If LW 4 Will Not Connect (click on the blue link) LW must be closed when you replace that gnutella.net file. Oh .. you will find LW preferences folder at Macintosh HD/System Folder/Preferences/.limewire. It's a good idea to view the preferences folder in List mode. Then LW will be at the very top of the list.

Also, when you open LW, for OS 9 it's best to set it to only connect manually. (I cannot remember where the setting is, perhaps in preferences under a setting called Connections.) Wait 5 mins for it to load, then go to File menu & choose Connect. That used to work fine for me.

I'll give some of your suggestions a try. The install is 100% new. No INCOMPLETE FILES.

marwen

Some versions of LW 4.0.x worked well for some & not others. I know myself I had problems connecting with one version but connected well with others. So .. if it comes to that, there is a post on these forums with links to some other LW 4.0.x versions.

I do still have LW 4.0.x on my old mac under OS 9. But haven't used that LW in probably well over a year.

Still NO GO! I guess I'll try to reinstall. I've dowloaded the "current" INSTALLER. Perhaps that will help.

marwen

There are other versions here http://www.gnutellaforums.com/genera...tml#post276013 to try out just in case.

However, I tried 4.0.2 & 4.0.7 & neither connected. I replaced the gnutella.net file & 4.0.10 the last OS 9 version connected quickly after I used the Connect command from File menu.

I was unable to download the gnutella.net file from OS 9, my browsers were not liked by those sites. If you like, I could host that gnutella.net file I used though it will either be identical or almost the same as the one I originally downloaded.