I don't know what the story is with Linksys but with my router I need to reboot the router after major changes. It looks like Grandpa's gone for the moment to fill us in on it.

yeah, not so sure its the router, i v tried to connect to LW w/o it and i still cant connect.


thexrock

No you do not need to reboot with LimeWire open go to tools/ options/advanced/Firewall and see what port you are connecting to. If it is something other than 6346 it is working. If it is 6346 you should probably reboot.

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The port that is listening is 49174 and is UpnP is checked but i left it sitting for awhile and my modem does light up like it wants to connect but it never does.


thexrock

All right you may need to port forward The link below will tell you how. Just scroll down to your router make and model.


http://www.portforward.com/english/r...outerindex.htm

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ok i added port range forward, i assume the last number should be a 1 right? because when i go back in it, it shows 100.
I assume i keep the same listening port at 49174 correct and router config stays at the recommended UpnP?


thexrock

It should be 100 or whatever your static IP is

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Ok, well i m assuming its the standard default of 192.168.1.1 , but that is what i type to bring up the admin page, so would that mean my static ip is the same? How do i check to be sure?


thexrock

Did you skip the step below.


http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm

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ok, yeah did forget about that step, but i followed the instructions and i tried lw again and still cant connect though, are there any other settins i should change within lw or anywhere else?


thexrock