trying to connect to Limewire in Iraq
 

I apologize if my questions might be redundant. The computer I'm on has WinXP. I have limewire vers. 4.8.1. I'm having problems with connecting. I get the error message limewire is unable to connect to hosts on Gnutella network. I've read through the support pages and forums and am not sure what I need to do specifically. I went to the connection>properties>advanced tab>firewall settings>advanced tab and added gnutella tcp,udp 6346 ports as described. I also did this in the exceptions tab. I've also deleted .limewire folder while limewire was shutdown(I didn't see a preferences folder). I was carried through the setup of limewire again. I still can't connect. I don't really know anything about the administrator because I'm stationed in Iraq and we just have a lan line ran to our building from a contractor. All he knows is the ip address for us to use. It is a satellite service. Could anyone give me some steps of what I can to do to go through and try to resolve my connectivity problems, unless you may know what my specific problems are. Thanks in advance.

mb

Since you're running on a LAN it is possible that the administrator (or whatever) may have put up a general firewall that blocks LW (it isn't on your machine). Ask around if there is one.

still trying
 

thanks, I asked the contractor and he said he didn't know of any blocking going on. I've read in another post where they wanted their system info. My info is below. As I said in my first post I've already added the ports 6346. I tried the 6346 test page and get cannot find server. What are all the port #'s I could try.I tried the jar program with no success. Are there any more steps I can try on my end to see if I can get it going. thanks in advance

mb

1.OS-WinXP
2.firewalls-XP is all I know of(I think I have the ports set for it though)
3.Ram-512mb
4.HDD-24gb
5.connection-broadband_satellite
7.trying to connect from Iraq_work
8.vers.-4.8.1,java-1.5.0_01
9.never used limewire

Try doing the tests in this link.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...ght=bug+report

Also what type of modem and router are you using. Would you provide Type and Model no. These sometimes have built in firewalls.

That's very poor news that you can't reach the 6346 test page. Might I suggest you try another listening port. eg: go to LW's menu Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & type in 4915 & select Manual force ip & type in the same no. Press the Apply button. Then go to menu, File>Connect & give it 15 mins or so. If nothing happens go back to File>Disconnect, wait a minute, then repeat the process.

If this doesn't work for you. Then I don't know if this will work but it's worth a try by setting up a proxy. A Fix for those whose ISP's block Limewire which is using proxies. Also go to page 2 of that link & find the other link for more instructions on how to do it. Good luck! ;)

Of course enable those ports you try in the firewall too.