Mac OS9 (LW 4.08 or 4.07)
 

I have copies of LW 4.08 (free version) and 4.07 (registered) on my Mac OS 9.2.2 machine. I haven't used LW for several months on the Mac. It was working fine. Today it is having connection issues.

I've been using LW on a Windows machine OK, and can connect OK with that through my router and DSL modem. I cannot see any problems with the router that may cause connection problems.

What appears to be happening is that LW on the Mac OS 9 machine is launching, it phones home to see if there is a newer version, and I click 'no' as the OS9 systems are no longer supported.

It checks my shares and I can see them coming up on the Windows system interestingly enough so it ios sharing the titles outbound.

However I cannot get a connection to search or connect to anything.

I am using the default port (6346) as always and as noted, nothing changed on the router or on the Mac. Just a period of nono-use.

It appears that maybe it cannot see the network to connect. By any chance was there a change in the files that look for the network connections?

I'm getting this behavior with both version 4.07 (registered) and 4.08 (free).

I managed to get the set-up wizard to run a couple of times as if it was a fresh install but that didn't seem to make any difference.

The version I am running on the Windows system is running.

Any suggestions on getting it running on the older Mac again? I have MRJ 225 installed and that should be fine. 226 is only necessary if you are running some older Oracle stuff.

Suddenly its dead.

DMK
sunclad

Each LW needs a separate port.

Try connecting when the Win box isn't running, or change the port the Wind box uses.

If I recall correctly, trying to change the port on the OS 9 version of LW was quite difficult.

Thanks for the response.

I fiddled with just about everything and even downloaded an old copy of 4.07 from a link I found here in the forum and tried a fresh installation. Still no go. It was clear that it was phoning home to see if there was a new version but I could not get to connect to any peers.

So, on a lark, I dug down to a known-good back-up from a CD and used that to replace the prefs files in the ".limewire" folder in System Prefs, and to be on the safe side I also copied over the MRJ library files from known goods because some of the error messages were pointing in that direction.

Not sure which it was, but replacing both of those seems to have corrected the problem.

Neither the copy of Norton Utilities or Disk First Aid that I have turned up anything bad in the files so replacing Prefs and the MRJ Libs were my next choice, along with a fresh install. Since the install didn't fix it, the next step was that

So its working now. Still not sure which file was corrupted.

I wish I could get it to stop phoning home for a new version as that is a waste of time for the OS9 version that is no longer supported.

DMK
Sunclad

Good to hear it's working again.

Re the update checking--is the tool->options->check for updates preference available in 4.0.7?

I'd check, but am too lazy to dig out an OS 9 computer from the garage ;)

No, unfortunately, it appears to be hard-coded in this version. No check box anywhere in Prefs to shut that off.

Thanks Much.

DMK
Sunclad

Hi Sunclad

Try the LimeWire 4.0.10 for Mac OS 9.2 installer from Lime Wire » Download Out-Of-Date Installers

It shouldn't "call home."

Thanks for the link. I was under the impression that 4.07/.08 were the last versions for OS9 and never looked for additional versions.

I will download it and give it a shot.

Thanks.

i'm using Mac OS 9.2 and have been installing and uninstalling LW all morning - no connections coming up.... will use this thread as a guide and update you on my status.

still no luck
 

using OS 9.2 still, downloaded LW 4.0.10 and no connections coming up... restarted and everything... unloaded all the old LW software...

got a broadband connection coming through an airport card - it's an open signal at the local college... old versions of limewire would at least attempt to connect to peers, but this version won't even attempt... not sure what the firewall is because it's not my ISP... checking out other posts re: listening on different ports....will update as I progress... anyone with suggestions please post..... thanks

My first concern would be where you are connecting from. In recent years most colleges have been putting in some kind of limiting or prevention safeguards against their students using p2p sharing programs eating the college's expensive bandwidth. They use different techniques; some being blocking ports, some being protocol or program identification & blocking or limiting them.

But yes, also the college will have their own firewalls & NAT systems & you will have no control over those.

Have you tried Force ip option within LW? Also the option of proxies? A good range of ports to use are 49152 - 65535. These are usually the last to be blocked. However if using a proxy, the proxy itself might have certain requirements. From what I've been told, proxies are always hit and miss. Perhaps only a small % that actually work for p2p sharing (and even those can be slow).