Having your port forwarded through any router/firewall on your cable modem is very important.

Even if you can talk to the gnutella network through a firewall you will not be able to get many files because most other people are behind firewalls.

Two firewalled people can't "push" or share files with each other.

So if you want faster and more downloads, learn how to port forward. It's not all that hard to do.

I cant connect either. Ive also lost my downloads now because people telling me i had to delete the .limewire program. I have configured three firewalls to work with limewire and it aint working. It used to stay disconnected for about 30 mins then connect but now ive been waiting 3 hours and it wont connect. Ive copied my incomplete folder so i can send it back which is ok i reckon. What do i do? Is it because i dont have Pro? the network it refusing me. Ive also started to share large numbers of files but it still dosent connect!

I have followed all the steps that have been provided to solve this connection problem. I still am having no luck getting a connection. I just downloaded Limewire on Tuesday night and by Wednesday it would no longer connect. I am running Windows XP. Please help!!

Hi, thanks in advance for any help you can offer:

I recently downloaded Limewire 4.0.7 and successfully installed it, but the problem is it doesn't connect. I have a wireless network connection (WLAN) and the internet works fine. I use Windows XP. The firewall on windows is turned off. This computer came preinstalled with Norton Anti-Virus 2003, but that program doesn't seem to have a firewall anyway (if it does, please tell me how to turn it off!). I tried deleting the .limewire preferences directory, as recommended, but that didn't help. I also downloaded the jar file and double clicked on it, but nothing happened. The jar file didn't open, nor was the connection fixed when I restarted limewire. I've tried connecting on different ports, but that doesn't seem to work either.

Please help!

POSSIBLE CONNECTION-SOLUTION!!!

Hello Everyone, because I couldn't connect either, I've read this forum and tried everything. First I discovered the same problem as some of you:
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SDASWANI, you wanted to know how your 'jar' fix worked. It doesn't! I am hoping you will tap into your software engineer expertise once again in an additional attempt to resolve this problem.

Again, I downloaded the 'jar' file, deleted settings, and tried again to connect. No luck!

NOTE: There is a little red icon dot in the lower left corner of the page. I noted that, when I click on 'connect,' that light turns green for a fraction of a second, and immediately reverts back to red.

Are you any closer to finding a solution to this problem?
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LimeWire worked with me after I had done the following:

- exit LimeWire (also in taskbar)
- delete the preferences directory
- download the 'jar' file, and open it in Winzip
- extract it to the LimeWire directory (2 files will be added to the directory)
- I also shut down Norton Internet Security, but I think that won't be necessary.

After I had done all this, I started LimeWire......and it connected!!!
First, the connection was 'poor' but later on it became 'good'.

I hope this helps for more people. Good luck!!!

greetz, Spitfire

So why am I paying this money and not getting any help? I see all these people with the same problem. Windows XP going, try to connect, stays on for a nano-second and then disconnects. I want answers and I want music. I mean, what's up, really. This is ridiculous. Yes, I've tried the fix, then the next fix, then the one after that. Yes, I've dealt with the firewalls and the uninstalling. I just want something to work, please, what about this 100% money back guarantee?

hey um im trying to run limewire but disabling firewire and all that stuff still wouldent work even that link that is on here didnt work ? how do i get on
will it work if im on a network like running off of a laptop wireless card?

Thank you very much whoever started this thread with the fix.... works now !!!

wo0ot!

After reading 3 pages of posts, or whatever they're called, I'm no closer than anyone else. I do not understand half of the computer speak that's being used, which makes it that much more infuriating that I cannot connect. Gone are the days when we could download Kazaa Lite in about 25 seconds, and 5 minutes later have an entire album on file. All I want to know is this: Where on God's green earth may I download music? Evidently not here. I apologize for being harsh, but this is absolutely ridiculous. And I almost spent 18 bucks. Many of these questions I've read tonight are months old... who is helping us?

No one is coming... there is no help.. we.. are alone.

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