College Dorm Room - No Connection!
 

I recently moved into my college dorm room, and now once I have my internet set up, I can't connect in Limewire. Also, my computer has no firewire.

I know other kids are using software like Kazaa, etc.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!
-Chip

do you know if your college has a firewall?

yes it does i just found out. is there any way to get around it or bypass the firewall? i know that other kids are successfully using file sharing software

me too!
 

I have the same problem with my school! However, I can successfully use Kazaa .. why? HELP ME! PLEASE!

Kazaa must be using a different port that is allowed to recieve FTP messages by the college's firewall. Try configuring LW to listen to that port.

how do i go about configuring my LW in such a way?
Thanks!!

Yeah ... fill us in! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

First, find out what port Kazaa is using. Then go to Tools, Options and look around in there. Just change the ports and click apply. (I'm too lazy/sleepy at the moment to give more precise directions, sorry)maybe tomorrow..

Tools, Options? The only thing under my Tools bar is "Statistics"

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Well, if you'd read the rules, you'd know what info about your comp to post and I would know how to reply better: since (apparently) you must have Mac, so click Limewire, Preferences (or Options if you have OS 9).

are you shure xchipx if so maybe you should try to reinstall LW
to finish of murasame's instructions for those of you who are noooobie.. just kiding... no shame in being a noob we all were one when we first started.
when you are in options go in advanced, than port and type in the one kazaa uses.
to find the kazaa one it's tools, options, firewall, and at the bottom it says use port: and that's the port you need to use

I am also having connection problems from my dorm. Last night I installed LimeWire; it worked, connected, everything was fine. Today I am unable to connect. BUT I also have SoulSeek P2P sofware that ran fine last night and today. Windows XP, no firewall that I'm aware of...no idea why I could connect last night but not today!

No firewall, huh? I suppose you include in that XP's built-in one?

Hm I'm not sure, I'm an XP newb. How do I check for that/turn it off?

KAPOW! Eat this (not literally)! Does this help?

How about window$ XP SP2? I hear that their "advanced security features" really suck for everything except browsing the internet (after all, that's all every windoze user does with an internet connection, right?;).
University firewalls are usually impossable for normal computer users to get around. Although, depending on the firewall, there probably still ways to get around it. If Kazaa works try changeing LW to listen on that port, as mentioned earlier. If that is not possible or doesen't work there is probably a way to disguise LW's connection as legitamate. With time and knowledge you can find a way around it.

Keep in mind that P2P is blocked at colleges for a reason. So if you choose to circumvent it to use LW anyway you are probably breaking the rules. You can probably see where this is going. For example, if you choose to download Brutus to brute force an account with permission to get through the firewall, steal the username and password, then use it to get LW's connection through the firewall, you would be breaking not only university rules but national laws as well. In my opinion, the ends don't justify the means. So, you should probably just buy CD's or connect off campus. Good luck.

deepblue

I have my windows Xp firewall turned off, Norton Security Firewall off, and I followed the intructions on the page masa-something (sorry can't remember your name right now) posted. But still can't get a connection. I don't think its some part of campus internet security because I had LimeWire working fine last night. Plus SoulSeek will work here.

No idea what could be keeping this from working again.

If by masa-something you mean the guy that posted a thread about optimizing Limewire, then it's me and it's murasame. Funny, masamune was the first user name
I had considered using in these forums (after the famous Japanese swordsmith -I forget which era-) but chose to use the other swordsmith's name instead.
Well anyway, go to Soulseek and look around in it's Options menu (it's gotta have one somewhere). Look for the port that Soulseek is listening too and write it down. Go to LW, open the Options and go to Advanced. Type in the port that Soulseek is using. A firewall can be configured to allow some ports to recieve FTP messages. The same goes for Campus Firewalls. If Soulseek's port is different than LW's and your Campus' got a firewall that allows Soulseek port to do it's thing, then if you change LW port to that of Soulseek, it should work ok.

Yes sorry I got your name wrong, I WAS thinking of masamune I knew it was some sword guy :)
I'll give this a try thanks.

Didn't work :(

No, not samurai. Swordsmiths (although I think both were samurai too).
Ask around in Campus. Try to find out if they are blocking P2P.

still isnt working
 

i was able to get the working port number from a Kazaa user. I then went into Preferences, Advanced, Port, then put the port number in there. I still cannot connect.

Any other advice? Thanks!!

mac G4 Tower
osx 10.3.5
LW 4.0.7

could it be a setting on my mac? maybe something in system pref's?

Two things:
-Did you click "Apply" after configuring the port thingy? (doy)
-Did you know that OS X Panther has also a built-in firewall? By default it is not active but it might be worth to check it out. Launch that System Application and click the Sharing icon.

I checked sharing and the OS X firewall is off, I also went to the "Internet" bar and played around with turning Sharing on and off, yet still no connection on limewire

:..(

I'm starting to run out on possible solutions here.
Maybe I'll remember something later on...

Same here
 

I have the same problem at PSU, but if you look online for SOCKS proxies and input them into Limewire it works just fine.

Might want to try that and see if it works for ya, because if not try a program called HTTP-Tunnel.

Try this site for proxies: http://www.aliveproxy.com/socks5%2Dlist/

...oh god i feel like an idiot...
how do SOCKS work? and what do I have to do to utilize this?

okay so i input the proxy and the port into LW (but NOT into OS X). i also put the port (1080) in the "port" field in "Port" and "Firewall" under Advanced in LW. is this wrong?

Now when it tries to connect it says that there is a firewall or not an active internet connection. am i getting closer?

hjewrhgeurvhjrug! thank you for all the help!!

i had no luck with the SOCKS, though I am getting a very weak connection now for some unknown reason. I'm trying to find an http tunnel type program for OS X to strengthen the connection.

Know of any?
Thanks!

does anyone think that an http tunnel is NOT the solution to this problem?