Connection (I know...I know)
 

I know you get this alot...and if it was something easy i would be able to figure it out....but okay. Ive had this program and its shown its worth through and through.....but just recently it has had a extremely big problem connecting. okay first I have a iMac G4 and recently the program has not been making solid connections to anything...it connects for a second and then fails...tries with others and fails....Ive given this several days to workk....but it has as of yet....your help would be much appreciated...thanx
-Stephen

I DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH THIS WILL HELP YOU BUT GO AND TRY THE NEW WEBSHOTS FOR MAC PROGRAM IT MAY RESET SOME OF YOUR PROGRAM SETTINGS TO WERE THEY WORK BETTER FOR YOU

I don't know about the webshots, but my connection problems were eased by sharing >100 non-spam files, forcing the IP, setting the OSX firewall to allow gnutella, using narrow searches and BLOCKING IP's that spread spam. For now I've had to check "disable Ultrapeer" in the prefs. On my G3, LW cannot run reliably as an Ultrapeer.

I gather the newer clients are quicker to drop freeloaders or clients whose searches are too broad. As you know, the network has been hurt by clients who flood the network with queries or spam responses.

So, looks to me like cleaning out the shared folder and searching more responsibly has helped keep me connected.

Happy Easter

Hi, Exaeon...

You have not stated which client you are referring to in your above post... I am guessing you are talking about LimeWire, but it is best if you confirm...
Then, either I or one of the other mods can move this thread to the correct Forum... OK ?

Have fun...

its limewire
 

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sorry didn't work
 

Sorry but that isnt working.....the problem is the connections with other IP's are not lasting more than 7-15 seconds..none. So I need help on getting a reliable stable connection. thanx
-stephen

Sorry--from what info you've given I can't tell why they are disconnecting after a few seconds. Version? Direct connection? Firewall open? NAT mapped? How many try at once? (if more than 6, try disabling ultrapeer). How many files are being hashed?
Lots of possibilities. I don't know how the code determines when to keep or reject connections, or what it is about your setup that triggers the rejection. Maybe if you gave some specifics someone else can help.

Okay...here
 

First off its the new version. I have only about 30 files. I have it set for only 5 searches. I have ultrapeer off. I have a firewall, but it hasnt stopped it before. Forced IP is set. Its just not connecting to anything, and I haven't even tried to search but once. The connection isnt even stable enough to search in the first place. Is that enough to help

That's a start. Here's how I set my firewall to allow gnutella (OSX->System Preferences->Internet and Network->Sharing->Firewall->New->Port Name->Gnutella/Limewire (6346). I've also read that some Ultrapeers reject you if you don't share >100 files.

The easiest way to check if it's your current setup is to create a new admin user, redownload a fresh copy of LW, and install again. If that setup won't connect, the problem is beyond your computer. New users get a break in the code somehow.

The other immediate possibilities are that your ISP has started blocking gnutella (doubtful if you were able to connect before), too many incomplete files are trying to connect at startup (clean out the incomplete folder and the downloads.dat file), or that somehow your IP ended up in the blocked IP list of your usual Ultrapeers (make sure you only share valid files).


Does that help you get started on troubleshooting? I don't know what other suggestions I can offer since LW 2.9.8 hasn't had trouble connecting for me. I could send you about a dozen crash logs related to other LW problems, though!

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I can't find the firewall tab (or anything in general about it) in my sharing section of system prefs.

To the other methods, I've dumped about 100 song back into shared folder (the only reason there were so few was that I had iTunes that copies the files so I no longer needed them on LW). Incompletele cleaned out incomplete folders....but still not one stable connection.

Another thing, about 2 weeks it was working...in fact working wonderfully...with like 6 connections running at a time. I don't usually put up more than 4 searches at a time also...I hope that helps in narrowing it down. I have to try to install it again..but I tried that last week and still had no luck.
-Stephen