I Ca't Connect!

[dragon389]

I'VE STRIED EVERYTHING: DELETING DA FILE THING AND.... EVERTHING!!! I NEEED HHEEELLLPPPP!!!!!

[Lord of the Rings]

Please turn your caps off.

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?
10. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.

[dragon389]

ok sry..
Im using windows XP

[dragon389]

ok sry.
im using windows xp
i am using windows firewall
ive got 496mb of ram
ive got 47gigs of space left.
cable wireless
im trying to connect from home
ive got limewire version 4.8.1 and for java: 1.5.0_02
bigpond is my isp provider
this is like my 10th try to do this.. like uninstalling and deleting da thing and all dat junk. but it still wun work!

i used to have dail-up and it worked fine for me but now i upgraded it to cable.... and it dun work ne more!!

[Lord of the Rings]

Thanks.

Configure your XP firewall here: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

Try some of these: Fixes for Limewire

Bigpond doesn't filter or block as far as we know yet.

Did you set your speed to cable under Tools>Options>Speed

What brand & model of modem is that?

[dragon389]

well... its a motorola SBG900

and ive tried everythin on da faq section but still it wun work

yeh i have set it to cable

[Lord of the Rings]

Perhaps your modem doesn't use UPnP technology. That means you should manually forward a port (open a port.) I had to do the same thing when I went up from dial up last year.

These steps are very important to follow in order & do carefully:

1. Set up a Static IP address. http://www.portforward.com/motorola/sbg900-dhcp.htm (& use the link at bottom of that page also)

2. Forward a Port using Port 6346 See http://www.portforward.com/motorola/...forwarding.htm

3. Manual port forward instructions & sample image & 2 posts after that.

Good luck! (By the way if you were using net games or video conferencing you'd need to do the same thing but open many more ports.)

[dragon389]

hey, u know in step 2, when u go in it said to enter a name of da program.... wat is it.... limewire or gnutella?

wat is da lan ip address?

[dragon389]

hello?? is ne 1 there??????

[dragon389]

wat is da lw's ip adddresss???????