Thank you for reading and responding to my post, I realize this forum is flooded and responding to the same questions constantly must be tedious. I did my best to read other posts and search online for a solution.

I installed Limewire Pro today and it does not connect. It hangs at Starting connection and I've never gotten any further than that. It also detects a firewall, and I cannot figure out where the problem is coming from.


My windows firewall is disabled, and so is the firewall in my trend micro virus scanner. There should be no software firewall at all enabled on my PC. I'm pretty savy, but if you can think of anything else on the computer that could be blocking my connection please let me know.


I've tried turning off the firewall on my router, and even enabling DMZ, but limewire still reports there is a firewall. Before doing that I tried to use UPnP and then port forwarding.

When I use online tools to do port scans on my computer, it reports that the ports are open. I've tried various ports for both the listening on port and manual port forward field. I also tried http://www3.limewire.com:6346 before I changed the port and it told me the test worked. So maybe packets can get in but not out? How can I test that? I'm kind of grasping at straws there.

How can I narrow down where things are going wrong? I can handle pretty technical stuff, if there's any port testing software I should try I would appreciate you pointing me to it.

I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling Java.

I hope I can get Limewire working, I remember enjoying it years ago.

Here is some more information about my setup-
ISP - Comcast Cable in redmond, WA
Modem - Motorola SB5100 Surfboard
Router - Linksys WRT54GS with Talisman 1.1 firmware
OS - XP pro SP2
Limewire version - 4.10.9
Java version - 1.5

Thank you for your help!

Living next door to Microsoft I see. Normally I would say there is a good chance you ISP is blocking you. But I doubt it in this case geographically we are not very far apart and I to am on comcast and have no problem.

Are you sure you properly set your router up when you tried port forwarding. It sounds like you know what you are doing did you set up a static IP. The link below is instructions for setting up your router for port forwarding for LimeWire.

http://portforward.com/english/route...S/Limewire.htm

I checked your mode out it does not have a firewall in it.

I also checked out your firmware and that may be your problem from what I have been able to find out you may or may not be able to use the instructions from Port Forward. You may have to do some reading to figure out how to configure your router.

http://www.sveasoft.com/

http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials...le.php/3562391

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Later Grandpa

Thanks for the help Grandpa! That last article you linked to explains why I have two of those routers, one extra just in case I want to turn them into a bridge.

I'm pretty sure I did port forwarding correctly, but if I messed it up I think turning off the firewall and using DMZ would work. I did get the static IP set, and I checked the computer using ipconfig to make sure it really was using that address.

Thanks for checking the modem. I didn't think it had one, but I can't figure where else the block is. The connection goes from the modem to the router to a switch to my computer. Pretty sure there's no firewall in the switch. |^)

I have a feeling the problem is something on the computer. I never got azureus to work properly either, and that's a java based app. It has NAT problems no matter what I do and I am stuck with yellow smileys. My housemate is going through the same router and he has no problems.

It could be something arcane a virus messed up. The system is totally clean now, but it has had some adware attacks since the last wipe. It can't be anything too serious though since the computer works perfectly in every other respect.

Again thanks for the help. If anyone has suggestions for things I can try short of a format and reinstall I would love to hear them!