Connection Problems
 

Was connected earlier today and all was great. Downloaded ___ by please read the forum rules - no mention of wares/copyright material allowed! - deeelighted. Logged off for a while, now back on and no connection.

Help me please. Have done the purger, deleted the preferences folder and have no firewall.

:confused:

What a pain! And I thought you'd solved the issue. I presume you tried (again) to delete the LW prefs. Remember that if you have a lot of incomplete files, LW can take quite a while to settle down. Which version of LW do you have? And that's windows version what?

Do you ever force resume files. Resuming files can be very effective, but in the earlier versions of LW if you had too many forced files it could could great stress on your connection quality. Only the recent beta version seems to have dealt with this issue more closely. It might even be worth you trying out the beta 4.1.7 - more details found here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...5&pagenumber=1

Connected Again
 

hi

i deleted the program and reinstalled it. tried to download 4.1.7 but it came up as 4.0.8 so dunno why that is.

haven't tried forcing files but will give that a go.

thx again

:cool:

Here we go again
 

hi

have just tried to log into Limewire and cannot connect. deleted preferences again but still nothing. i'm with another download site so i think i may just have to stick with them. spending so much time trying to resolve this stuff, not getting much else done.

like the forum though :)

If you're a pro user, the beta version will be at the bottom of your personal dwnld page. Otherwise go to: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml

Why should you need to log into LW? LW itself has no log-in function.

When LW is open, click Tools->Options & go to Bug report & click for an example. In the window that appears scroll down to the part that says: "Recieved incoming this session". If it says ‘True’ then LW has no problem with firewalls, but if 'False' it does have a prob.

So tell me the answer to the above questions & also tell me whether your bug report said 'True' or 'False'. What type of firewall do you use? What is your OS version? Do you use a router? What type of connection do you have? And where are you trying to connect from: home, work, school, etc.??

i didn't mean log in, i just opened it from the icon on the desktop and then couldn't connect. i have no firewall installed on my computer, only PAL antivirus. I am connecting from home. I am operating Windows 2000 and have Broadband.

Been into the bug report. don't have a question saying "Received Incoming This Session". Don't know what a router is. Sorry, i'm not much help. :rolleyes:

You will have such a statement, you need to 'look harder'! I know there's a lot of text in the report, but if you look about half way down the report page you will find it.

This is what you need to find:

Connection Problems
 

I have found it, thank you. It says false.

There's something blocking your connection. We need to find out what. (A router is a device that forwards data packets along networks. A router is connected to at least two networks, commonly two LANs or WANs or a LAN and its ISP’s network. Commonly routers filter out many of the ports for internet use.) Either you have a router, a firewall, your AV is blocking or your ISP is blocking. Some investigation by you is needed to help find out what.

Connection Problems
 

hi

have called a friend. he is a systems engineer so he is gonna come over and have a look tomorrow as i'm lost.

thx for your help.

That sounds great! Nothing like having friends who are trained in the area of need. Identify all your connection devices; their types, capacities, etc. as well as the other things mentioned. ;)

IM CONNECTED!!
 

Hi

my friend came over last night and resolved the problem. he just reset the defaults. There was no firewall blocking me so dunno really. He also cleaned up my computer so all that should help.

thx for your patience. ;)

frustrated....is it worth all the trouble?
 

i think that a program should not have so many complications, so i'm just gonna try WinMX i guess. i have not posted many times, but have followed all these directions and have gone from not getting any connection, to a poor connection, then to excellent. I leave my computer for a half hour while downloading something, and i come back and it says limewire does not detect an internet connection (but there is) and firewall must be up (which it is not). Also says "TRUE" in example bug report. Any more suggestions before i start an anti-limewire forum?

looey78: If you want to go, go! (A grand total of 2 posts)

Else try these: (Optimising LW) http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...5&pagenumber=1

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=27036

Search & dwnld techniques (some hints): http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...4545#post94545

Try not force resuming files b/c that (if there's many) may put great stress upon your connection quality.

Thanks Lord of the Rings, I'll give those options a try. What does the number of my posts have to do with anything? I tend to READ all the posts before asking questions, so please forgive my lack of participation. I could see many others were having the same problems. BTW, I never force resume; figure if the system doesn't keep it going, there is a reason. Hence the term "force".

Thanks again for your help. If it works, I'll report back.

looey78: I apologise, I misread your previous post! :o :) Good luck!