hi im new to the fourms but not to limewire i recently moved my computer from somewhere to here and now i cannot connect to limewire it opens up fine and i can acess my files but i cant connect for some reason. this is the message that pops up when i click connect on my limewire

"Your machine does not appear to have an active internet connection or a firewall is blocking limewire from acessing the internet. Please check your connection or firewall settings and then select "connect" from the file menu to connect lime wire to the network"

i check for a firewall but it was not up im using windows XP

thanks

oh yeah i press connect and in a few seconds it says that message .. juat thought that might help a little

Are you using any other firewalls other than the XP firewall? For the most common firewalls here's the instructions for allowing Limewire (LW) access: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

Also can you tell us the type of connection you have? What brand name & model of modem & router do you have? Have you installed SP2? Please don't, you don't need it!

First update your Java: Java 1.4.2 (click on link)
& then update to LW 4.2.4 : LIMEWIRE BASIC v. 4.2.4 (choose english installer only) But install Java update 1st!!!

Update your installshield install engine 1st before Java: update your installshield install engine.

i did what the instuctions told me i diabled my firewalls but i also have norton should i disable that too?

my connection is (im not great with computers sorry) on a cable modem? lol i dont know about the router and stuff im not quite sure how to tell u that i dont know..

im going to updat emy java right now

You don't need to disable all your firewalls, just allow LW acess: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=30505

so disable my norton firewall?

Good well done! Some people find that confusing but you've done really well. can you do a small test for me: Bug Report instructions & sample image And tellus whether your result is True/False? If it's false then can you have a very a close look at your modem & find out the modem model name & number? It could be on top or on the side or bottom of the box.

You see modems & routers that are used for adsl or dsl commonly use what's known as NAT shich is very similar to a firewall in theat they block port openings that LW needs. So we would need to allow LW access in a similar method to your firewall.

i disabled my norton personal firewall but no luck..

i looked at my modem its a

cable modem
theres a number its pcx11000
andd umm toshiba makes it?
andd..it says cable lab on it

Sorry eluminatti but I might need to wait until tomorrow to complete answers to your problem. May I suggest you double-check your firwall settings. And also have a look at your modem manual. There should be instructions there about how to forward a port. Until tomorrow.