I cannot connect
 

I have a mac with os X. Limewire will not connect. It shows a red button (bottom left) I hit the connect and it flashes green then it returns to red. I am connected to the internet. What should I do?

can you give some more information about your system?

internet connection?
router?
firewall?
OS version?
limewire version?

this would help a lot in identifying your problem.

Same exact problem
 

I have the same exact problem!
internet connection? modem 56k v90
router? no
firewall? no
OS version? 10
limewire version? basic (just downloaded it today, so I assume the newest one)

Also, I am contected through AOL, but I'm using Explorer for a browser.
I had no problems installing, but when I press connect the light goes green for a second then goes back to red. Please help.

Same problem
 

I have the same problem. Had anybody an idea and can help me?

the only case i could reproduce this (green flashing quickly just to go back to red) happening was when there was no connection to the internet

i assume all of you are connected.

i don't know what OS X specific issues there are (using windows and sometimes 9.2, and in both cases 2.9.10 works flawlessly).

This may not solve your problems, but I read a while ago that AOL gives problem to connect to gnutella or restricts access to Gnet. Could you try with another 56K ISP, please?
Bonne chance!

Re: Same exact problem
 

I also have the same exact problem!

internet connection? T1
router? yes
firewall? yes
OS version? 10.2.6
limewire version? PRO

Although I am behind a firewall (at work), this problem started suddenly and without change at all on my end. I have the same problem at home with my 56K dial-up connection where there is NO firewall. I'm using Explorer for a browser in both places.
I also had no problems installing, but the light goes green for a second then goes back to red when I press connect. Please help, I'm so frustrated!

What's more, is that when I finally DO connect, I am rarely successful in downloading anything. Many times, things will start downloading, and then say "Could not download; awaiting more sources".

if i understand correctly, you usually do get a connection, after a bunch of failed attempts? is that both at home and at work?

my guess is that at work the firewall blocks all suspicious traffic, i.e. traffic that doesn't uses the 'common' ports used for http, mail, ftp etc. You would have to talk to whoever is in charge of the network at your office and ask them about it.

regarding your connection at home: the light stays red until limewire establishes a connection. you can check in the 'connection' tab. if there's a whole bunch of hosts 'connecting' or 'handshaking', then it's probably just a matter of time until limewire establishes a connection. it can take a minute or two, the more frequently you connect, the quicker you usually get a connection. if there's nothing in the 'connection' tab, then something is wrong. always make sure that you are already dialled in when you open limewire.

regarding the search and download success: that highly depends on what you look for. some stuff is just not very widespread and you don't get many download sources. i tend to not download if there's less than 4 hosts offering the file.

i haven't used limewire over a modem connection for a while but i remember when i used to it was always somewhat painful, just because there's so little bandwidth. switching to cable or dsl would probably help get better search and download results.

hope that helps. good luck!

btw: i don't think your using explorer has any effect on the functionality of limewire, although you would get a lot less popup ads if you were using Mozilla ;-). but that's beside the point.

Actually, I was having no problems downloading from work (even with a firewall) on the T1 line until a few weeks ago. I have talked to the Administrators here, and there have been NO changes made on their end. At all. So, I seriously doubt that the problem is on this end. Anyway, it seems like TONS of people are having this same problem, even without a firewall. So why doesn't Limewire figure out how to fix it?

I don't have a Connections Tab, although I have PRO (which, like I said, seems to NOT be worth the money). The searches that I'm attempting are very popular, returning 100+ results. Things like "Coldplay" and "Radiohead" are not very remote. I click to download them, they appear in my Downloads window, they say "Connecting"...and then they change to "Could not download; awaiting more hosts". How many hosts do I need? The song came up in the results, right?

I thought that PRO was supposed to work BETTER than the free version, and I'm losing my patience with it.At home, on my 56K dial-up, I AM connected to the internet when I am trying to connect to Limewire. Sending email, reading news...everything else is working fine. Except the version of Limewire that I paid for.

the pro version is not better. it just comes with support, and no ads. i think there's a link on the limewire site for 'pro' support. i've never used it since I only have free limewire (with ads). since you have a pro version, you should maybe go there.

regarding your downloads. there's one thing that might help: to reduce network traffic, limewire doesn not do automated re-queries any more (since version 2.9.x). in 2.8.x or lower, limewire would automatically re-search for a file in the download queue after a certain amount of time. limewire doesn't do this any more, so, if you download from 4 hosts, and these hosts all disconnect, your download stops.

there is a solution, however: you can manually re-search for the same file. if limewire finds new hosts, it will add them to your download queue. so just re-search when the download stops, or, say, every hour or so, that could solve your problem.

regarding limewire figuring out how to fix it: i think there are links on the limewire site somewhere to get in touch with the developers. so maybe you should do that, having paid for the pro version