that's my concern. i've formerly used bearshare without a problem. only now am i having problems with the new bearshare upgrade, and limewire. kinda makes one wish he just left well enough alone!

thanks for your suggestions greg. i'll try fiddling with that community tab to force a connect.

Greg,

I just checked my cable company's network status and here's what they're presently saying:

"Date Entered: 07/13/2001 03:27:12 PM PDT

There is IP renumbering planned for West. In order to restore your connection after the scheduled service, please do a Release/Renew or reboot your system. The maintenance will begin 07/18/2001 03:00:00 AM PDT."

I wouldn't pay that much attention to the date they say it will begin. They've misrepresented similar events before. Could this "IP renumbering" be what's causing my bearshare/limewire problems? Please keep in mind that I used to use bearshare with no problem, until I recently upgraded my BearShare v2.2.4 to v2.2.6. When that bombed, I switched to LimeWire but that wasn't working either.

Not if you rebooted and ensured that your connection was working.

If you have a Wi***/98/ME type computer, you might want to look for the newdotnet.dll problem. See the sticky forum and try to uninstall that.

-greg

nope. that didn't seem to do it either. i ran ad-aware 5.5 and cleared out all those little ad things, but i'm still facing the same problem: NO CONNECTION!

thanks for your continuing efforts, greg. Please keep helping me try to get back on bearshare or limewire! thanks.

-Leo

I had to remove all Bearshare files before LimeWire would connect. Now it works fine (except for the library: shows only 5% of the files I am willing to share).

i have always had one bar of connection and it has worked before, but now its no longer working.

ive tried deleting it and re installing.

Any ideas?

im having trouble connecting it was connecting perfectly at one stage for a few weeks and now there is only one bar of connection and it wont move at all wat do i need to do to be able to connect again??

Hi - am new here and hoping to fix my LW I have tried the suggestions that I am able to on the other threads about connection problems.

For the last 2 days, I have not managed to get above 1 bar on the connection status. Previous to this, it has been hit and miss whether I have been able to connect. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times, updated and rolled back my Java - everything

Please help


. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) If using Windows Vista, please tell us whether you have an Administrator user account. Vista home edition
2. What firewalls you have? Windows firewall turned off, AVG no firewall
3. How much ram? memory yus? 2gb
4. Hard Disk space available? 60gb of 120gb
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Thompson Speedtouch 585 V6
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? Home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help bar > About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version. _ Click to see Sample image LW 4.18.3 Java 1.6.0_07
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? AOL
10. 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? Says "Your test worked"
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. No
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem with experienced? user!!
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? _ click here to see Sample image Yes but I have turned my firewall off!
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled?
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall AVG, Norton although it isn't up to date
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland). UK

I've completely removed BearShare but I still can't get any LimeWire connections! What is this?!?! I don't usually have problems trying to install a new piece of software. Frustrating. Any answers out there that will get my LimeWire up and running, as my old BearShare v2.2.4 used to work? HELP!!!