"Connecting" but never Connected

[keirinbike]

I've tried everything in the Limewire help section, but to no avail. It doesn't go any further than "Connecting" leaving my searches worthless and a waste of time. Nothing. I've got a brand new iBook G4 1.2 256M 30G HD connecting via Ethernet to a Cable Modem. Of course, running OS X. Any help much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Court
Japan

[fabion]

Hmmm I'm not a MAC user but might be a firewall in your modem causing the problem.

Here is helpful link for port forwarding. http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

[Lord of the Rings]

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

9. You said you'd tried everything in the LW section. What have you tried?

256 MB RAM is not a lot for Mac OSX! Particularly for running LW!

[KissofColor]

I have the same problem ... only I have windows xp. I don't know what is wrong with it. It worked the first day I downloaded it. I tried everything. I unloaded it and loaded it again and I did the firewall thing and the connection to the internet is fine. Just not on limewire. How do I get it to connect fully? Here os a pic of what it looks like....

Hope someone can help me..

did you ever get that fixed - i have the same exact problem

[Lord of the Rings]

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[Lord of the Rings]

We need the above details if you want help.

Originally posted by Lord of the Rings
Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. Windows XP Pro
2. Turned off Windows Firewall and nothing else
3. Wireless broadband connection @ 512K
4. iBurst wireless PCMIA card
5. home
6. Limewire 4.8.1 Java 1.5.0_02
7. JackedIn
8. i've had this problem before and ive tried everything in these forums to fix it, but nothing works. I've disconnected my firewall. Changed the connection settings. Waited 60 minutes for LW to connect. Tried removing the preference settings with the jar file in these forums. I have no other firewalls installed and LW was working perfectly until a few days ago. Tried reinstalling and so on.

all my information is above

[Lord of the Rings]

japes try this: Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire (I know you said "Tried removing the preference settings with the jar file in these forums.")

1. Try a different port setting: Go to LW's Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & change the listening port to 80 & press Apply button. You may need to close & re-open LW for it to take effect.

If it was working a few days ago & suddenly stopped working & deleting the LW preferences folder didn't work then it looks like your ISP Provider has put filters in place to stop you using p2p programs. This is becoming more frequent nowadays as isp's deal with heavy net traffic.

2. Try a proxy:
A Fix for those whose ISP's block Limewire pages 1 & 2 which has a link to alternative instructions.

Another Insight proxy solution

http proxies

A Successful http Proxy Solution

[Endless Splendors]

Before I try these alternative solutions again, I'd like to ditto keirinbike's experience, for nothing has changed at my end, except since 9something last night, 4/25/05, I haven't been able to get past 'connecting'. More here