Thread: Why won't it search?
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Old October 7th, 2003
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LW needs to connect to others before the search button will work. Check View->Connections to see what is happening.

If others aren't accepting your connections, try opening the OSX firewall (System Preferences->Sharing->Firewall->New->Gnutella/Limewire (6346), mapping/port-forwarding the router to your computer (see your router docs) and sharing more files. This makes it easier for other hosts to connect to you.
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