Hello forum....How does someone download files from someone that is behind a firewall?You know the ones with a lightning bolt under the status collum..
Thanks

Well, that depends, but it's called UDP punching.
With a firewall user, we mean that person has got one internet adress (IP) for different computers, whilst normal users only have one for one computer.
When this happens, and you're searching for a file and you get such a firewalled source, you'll first connect to the UltraPeers/Hubs/Servers he's connected too. You'll ask that one: "Hey, can you ask that source to start giving me my file?"
Every # seconds a firewalled source will say to it's UP's/Hubs/Servers: "Any messages for me?"
And the UP/Hub/Server will answer: "Yep, you need to start uploading to that guy".
And the firewalled source will do it

That's why firewalled sources are slower to connect to, but eventually, they should.

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Thanks Neglacio...Do you mean try and chat with the person behind the firewall? I try to open a chat but it won't connect..Thanks again

No Read my text some 10 times more
Chatting won't help

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I'm also having problems downloading from sources that are firewalled.

I've been waiting for around three hours so far , but the downloads will not start

The connections to the sources continue to report 'pending' (and "push" whatever that means) . Perhaps Shareaza is not 'pushing' hard enough!

What's going on? Why can't I download the files??

Tell me what your firewall, router and internet provider is.
And it could also help with what Shareaza version you have and what OS you're running.

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I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2, and Shareaza V2.2.5.0.

I'm using the firewall is that included with Windows XP, but I thought I've configured it to allow Shareaza access to/from the internet?

I CAN download files (most of the time) using Shareaza for those sources that are NOT firewalled. But, as far as I can recall, firewalled sources result in files that are not downloadable!?

ISP is - paradise.net.nz

me too, dwload slow, pending........i'm already configure my firewall and port, but it's same, nothing change...maybe i shoulds uninstall shareaza and just using LW....

@ meeshu: Try this test: Shareaza Connection Test - Atomo64 and this Shareaza: http://shareaza.trillinux.org.nyud.n....2.5.7_RC2.exe

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Thanks for the links!

The connection test reports that Shareaza communicates OK with my computer through my firewall. So no problem there!

I've installed Shareaza V2.2.5.7 RC2 (communication test reports OK for this version as well).

As of this writing I am downloading a file from firewalled source!! However, I had to wait about twenty minutes or so before the download started.

Whether this latest version of Shareaza helped to enable downloading from firewalled sources or not is, perhaps, debateable. But for now, downloads seem to be working from firewalled sources.