Keep Losing connection and will not reconnect using LW Pro

[trey75672]

when i bring up limewire pro it will not connect all the time. If it does connect it only stays connected for a few minutes and then the quality goes down to fair or poor and then it loses connection. What is the deal, and what can i do? Thanks,

[Lord of the Rings]

It sounds like an external issue. You will need to configure your firewalls to allow LW access; see here: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml
And can you post back your modem & router brand name(s) & model numbers. They also may need to have a port opened to allow LW access.

[trey75672]

My modem is a conexant soft56k modem, I have windows xp with service pack 2. I have already taken off the firewalls. But i still get a message saying that there must be a firewall blocking limewire. Tell me u can help me fix this

[Lord of the Rings]

You use a dial up modem. Then it's either SP2 or your ISP service that's the issue. Contact your ISP to find out if they have any policy against p2p use. See this about SP2: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=28437

It never hurts to update your Java. Try Java 1.4.x OR else try Java 1.5 (take the JRE)

Double-check your firewalls here: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

[trey75672]

I have downloaded java. But still no good. I also downloaded that patch. It connected for a little bit but it would not get any higher than that. Then it disconnected. What else can i do. Thanks

[Lord of the Rings]

Go to this site & tell us what you see: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ It should say test page was a success.

[trey75672]

It said that it was a sucess. I'm connected right now for this minute, but it will get no higher than fair. What can I do??
Just lost it!

[Lord of the Rings]

It sounds tricky. Leave LW on for about an hour & do this check: Bug Report instructions & sample image And post back whether it says True?False. leaving LW on for a time can help it to connect by the way.

[trey75672]

It said false.

[Lord of the Rings]

Well I'm stumped for the moment. What's more I'm going offline soon. It's not connecting properly. Try this: Close LW, & delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire & found here: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire Then re-open LW & give it some good time to try to re-connect. Leave it for an hour or so. Oh I almost forgot, BEFORE you quit LW, make a note of all your settings b/c once you delete the LW prefs you'll need to reset them the next time you open LW.

By the way, how many incomplete files do you have? Post back & I'll get back to you tomorrow unless aanother member does befoe me.