hi guys,

Limewire is now driving me insane so can someone please help if you've resolved a similar problem??

LW used to work perfectly for me and now wont connect anymore...no change in ISP just a different location with a cable connection

Specs:

Windows XP
Connection: Cable

I've tried switching off windows firewall and i've allowed limewire (both ports and program) but still no connection

I've downloaded java, deleted preferences, reinstalled limewire but still nothin

please help someone!

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. What firewalls you have?
2. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
3. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
4. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
5. Who is your isp provider?

6. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?

thanks for your reply lord of the rings,

i'm starting to think that its due to an external firewall because my current location is part of a college campus whereas previously (when LW worked) i was not on campus. However, it is suprising that such a firewall could be in place as i am in ireland and wouldnt expect such a thing!!

tried that test....but the webpage wont appear...guessin this is a bad sign too?

anyhow my details:
1. What firewalls you have? Windows XP only...deleted McAfee firewall in desperation!

2. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Its a LAN connection...do you need more info? how?

3. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)? school...well technically its not on campus but its part of a network which includes campus locations

4. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
had 4.9.4 i think...the latest version...i've deleted everything at this stage because its taken days of my time to no avail! how doi check version of java?

5. Who is your isp provider?
is there an isp provider with LAN networks...how do i check?

sorry bout all the questions...not a comp genius but know enough to get by

thanks again,

Ruairi

ive seen this lord of the rings person post in alot of forums so i guess you know what your doing but i have the same problem she does i did the test it didnt work i have cable internet. I deleted the mcafee firewall i turned off the windows xp firewall but on lime wire its still saying that there is a firewall blocking it so what do it do

might I suggest both of you update to the latest beta version of LimeWire.

The free basic version can be downloaded from here. http://www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml

There were some bugs in version 4.9.4 beta

This may or maynot help with your problem. Let us know.

Zizu you can find your Java version in XP start>contol panel>Java --- general tab ---- about

sweetiepie49348 if the test didn't work then either a connection device such as modem or router, or your isp provider is blocking port 6346. Can you tell us Modem & router brand name & model numbers? You might need to do port forwarding which means opening a port for LW to use. Many hi-speed modems/routers use NAT firewalls which block most ports.

i have bell south its not my provider or anything because my dad can get it on his computer. I have wireless internet i have a dell inpiron 600m thats all the info i know about my computer mabe i do need those ports but how do i put them on my computer?

Well since i don't know your model of modem/router i can only guess you require manual port forwarding. The most important step here is to initially set up the static ip properly!

Steps:

1. Set up a static ip (instructions in link below!)

2. Forward port 6346: http://portforward.com/routers.htm

3. Within LW: Manual port forward instructions & sample image & 2 posts after that.

thanks for your help so far lord of the rings,

i have Java 1.5.0 version

Zizu your situation looks a little complicated. Hmm many schools deliberately block p2p sharing nowadays. I suspect that's your issue. I missed that point earlier b/c I thought Fabion answered your post. What you can try is set LW up to use another port. Try the following port no.'s one by one to see if any of them work. Go to LW's menu Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & change the listening port from 6346 to another. Try these ones: 3500, 1203, 80, 20282, or 443. You'll need to press the apply button after. Then go to File>Disconnect wait a minute & then File>Connect. Give it at least 15 mins for each one to try to connect.

If that doesn't work, you could try a proxy. But it might also be worth speaking to the systems management people to ask if it's ok to use p2p sharing on the school system & how to achieve this ... are they blocking ports or using a p2p filter program.