The wtf is wrong question
 

I down loaded Limewire today, tried a search and find nothing then I get this ERROR: "LimeWire is currently connecting to the network. Your search may not return many results until you are fully connected to the network."

So I came here and search for a solution and it turns out that my firewall is blocking the ISP or somthing because I also get this ERROR:"Your machine does not appear to have an active internet connection or a firewall is blocking Limewire from accesing the internet. LimeWire will automatically keep trying to connect you to the network unless you select "Disconnect" from the file menu."

I know you all have probobly seen this same old thread a hundred times but I am really desperate and need your help, thank you :)

Can't connect to the internet now !?!?!?!?
 

This is the only site that I am able to connect to on the internet now. WTF!?!?

You will have to configurate your firewall to allow LW access to the network; read here on how to do this:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=51361

Regarding your general access problem to other websites, use the help function of your firewall to check on this....
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I already looked through that thread and I am still not able to fix my problem with LimeWire, good news is I can connect to other sites again

Check this thread out as it has advice about enabling UPnP and if that does not work you may have to Port Forward...
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=51357
If you do need to Port Forward Post back with the details of your modem and we can provide you with the link with all the instructions on how to do it...:)

Thanks to wonder why for the help it was much appreciated but alas I am still behind my firewall.

My modem details ... it's a PCI SoftV92 ... Port Speed is 115200
What else do you need to know ?

I've looked everywhere for that modem and all I come up with are sites to download Driver upgrades...What is the name of the company that makes the
PCI SoftV92 ....

:o I don't know how to add LimeWire to my firewall exceptions list:o
I need an http address I think

What firewall/s are you using....

PC Cillin

http://www.manac.com.au/forum/phpBB2...pic.php?t=1176
http://www.moove.com/help_advanced/pccilin.htm
This may help...

what's a proxy (I really have no clue) I think I might be able to get LimeWire to work if I know what a proxy is.

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/proxy_server.html
This will explain....

So does LimeWire have a proxy address and if so what is it ?
Just curious as I am trying out all of my options to make LimeWire work for me.

LW doesn't have a proxy, besides I do not believe that you need a proxy at all. Your modem, is it outside the computer or inside (i.c the phonejack goes directly into the back of your pc)?
To allow Lw access the network you have to include the limewire.exe into the exception of PCillin as well as the port LW uses to listen to. Go LW>Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall Configuration and look on the right side which listening port it has (it's a number). You can trty to change this number to 6346, which is the usual listening port of LW.(click apply before OK)
Then go back to the link about how to configurate your firewall and add this port as TCP and UDP (you'll have to to this two times, once for each) to the list. LW should be closed at this time. Then reboot and open LW. Aftyerwards you need to give it some time to settle down. Can be anything from 2-60 minutes.
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Somthing has finnally happened :D I now have 3 green bars instead of one, but I am unable to download anything because of my firewall, I still can't figure out how to get LimeWire thrugh it...

I don't know what I did since I am trying a lot of different things but I appear to have made a little progress. I just did an audio search for XXXXXX and got five files with a four star rating, thanx to these forums and everyone's feedback. :D :D :D

Still not downloading sadly, the progress bar won't pass 0% so I am not out of the woods yet.


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Have you tried disabling the firewall to make sure that is the problem. Also are you by any chance running the Windows firewall as well ?

Also try adding limewire.exe as an exeption in the firewall options

ok went into the control panel turned off windows firewall and the progress bar is still at 0%

Let's concentrate on the connection first, then the downloads

Did Limewire by any chance get any more green bars when you turned the windows firewall off ?

I did not notice any change after turning off windows firewall last night.

I must not ben doing it right. This is what I am supposed to do in Adding/Editing Personal Firewall Exception:

Description: I just type in LimeWire

Target: there are three buttons: 1. All applications 2. Operating system components 3. Specified application

Connection: two buttons 1. Incoming 2. Outgoing

Action: 1. Allow 2. Deny 3. Warn

Protocol: TCP or UDP or both

Port(s): All Ports or Specified Port(s)

IP Setting Type: 1. All IP addresses 2. IP address 3. IP address range 4. Subnet mask 5. Broadcast 6. Multicast

I see you have a V92 modem IE Dial-Up don't expect blazing fast DL below is a guide to configuring for Dial-Up I wrote a while back. Also you may be choosing files that are fake files try choosing files that have 10 or fewer host and see if that helps.

From what I have seen allot of the problems people are having are the results of configuration LimeWire needs to be configured for dial-up.

#1 the first thing a person needs to do is a speed test and find out exactly what there connection speed is. Make sure when you do the test that if the results are in kbps that you dive the results by 8 to get Kb/s. Thus 50kbps/8 =6.2Kb/s which would be a good 56K connection. The link below will take you to a sped test for the US if you are not in the US do an Internet search for speed test.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

I am going to explain the results of the test I did as I go. Thus explaining the reason for the recommended settings. If anybody gets different results than I did they will be able to post there result on this thread to correct any settings that might help on different setups.

Now that you have the sped test results you can begin configuring LimeWire I will use the above results for this thread.
I found while monitoring my connection with task manager that if you use too much of your capabilities you create an unstable connection and have frequent short term disconnects. Not a complete disconnect but enough for LimeWire to detect thus the disconnect warning. When this happens you will normally drop to 1 connection and if you are using all of your bandwidth for downloading LimeWire finds it almost impossible to reconnect to more Ultrapeers.

Also if you have your Download bandwidth set to high you are only hearting yourself do to the fact that when downloading LimeWire has to be able to communicate with the sources you are downloading from to let them know you have received X amount of the file and are ready fore more. If you are using all of your capabilities to download then you have nothing for communication thus creating a bottle neck and fluctuating speeds 5Kb/s drooping to 0 or 1. If you see this you will need to lower your settings.

#2 Using the above example 6.2Kb/s X 75%=4.65Kb/s this would be a good starting point. I have found that LimeWire performs pretty well at this setting. So you will need to set your Download bandwidth to 4.65Kb/s or lower. Also set your connection as Dial-up if you choose cable or any other connection you are just hurting yourself.

#3 For best results download 1 file at a time do no searching and have no previous files looking for sources. You can drastically reduce the amount of corrupt files if you follow these instructions.

#4 Upload bandwidth remember that you do not want to max out your bandwidth you need to leave some for LimeWire to communicate with your download sources and while I do not like leaches dial up users really do not have allot of capabilities to share. I found that with the above download setting 0 to 1.75Kb/s is about max you can set it at.

#5 Do not cruse the Internet while you are downloading it take bandwidth resources to cruse the Internet if you want to be on the Internet and Download with LimeWire at the same time you will have to adjust your download bandwidth to accommodate for Internet use.

I know that allot of people have been concerned with the quality of the connection, the number of bars showing e.g. the number of sources you are connected to and the number of sources you are downloading from. I have found that with dial-up that the number of Ultrapeers you are connected to while downloading really doesn't matter. What does matter is the choice you make when choosing which file to download. I have found that if you choose 4 star with the most sources an cable or better connection if you get just one source to download from it will probably max out you capabilities unless you are unlucky and happen to connect to another dial-up user.

Using the above formula for settings I have download 100 mp3 files all completed most take about 20 minutes to complete using a 26.4K connection. 5 of these files got corrupted in the download process. Thus I have download bandwidth set a 2.56 and upload bandwidth at 0 the minimum is 1.75Kb/s and I have found that if I set it at the minimum I will get disconnects and bottle neck problems and corrupt files.

I did simultaneous searches with a cable connection and downloaded and check the files before downloading with the dial-up connection all files were good with no corrupt files. If I set the download or upload bandwidth too high I would start having problems with download speed and corrupt files.

There are other things that need to be configured such as firewalls and routers but these settings should help once you have a connection.

IncaseGrandpa's mesage doesn't work I'll post back tomorrow

I have a cable hook up, my download speed is 110.2 KB/sec. and my upload speed is 29.9/KB sec. So I adjusted both my dowload speed and upload speed to22.31%. I decided 22.31% would be the right number (29.9 x 0.75 = 22.425%) Will do a search and see what happens next.

must not ben doing it right. This is what I am supposed to do in Adding/Editing Personal Firewall Exception:

Description: I just type in LimeWire

Target: there are three buttons: 1. All applications 2. Operating system components 3. Specified application 3. You should then be able to browse to Limewire.exe
Connection: two buttons 1. Incoming 2. Outgoing (1 rule for each)

Action: 1. Allow 2. Deny 3. Warn 1

Protocol: TCP or UDP or both Both

Port(s): All Ports or Specified Port(s) If using UPnP then all ports. If using portforward, then the port that you typed in the box in Limewire

IP Setting Type: 1. All IP addresses 2. IP address 3. IP address range 4. Subnet mask 5. Broadcast 6. Multicast 1

BTW I'm not entirely sure about this, but give it a shot to see how it works

I am confused about this part: If using UPnP then all ports. If using portforward, then the port that you typed in the box in Limewire. I don't really know what to do, I don't know if I am using UPnp or not.

In Limewire go to

Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall Config

There you have the choice to

Use UPnP

Manual Port (if you use this then use the same port as the Listening port and you will have to forward that port in your Modem/Router as well)

Do nothing (not a good setting)

I have given up all hope of ever downloading anything. So I uninstalled LimeWire and my Virus Protection so there shouldn't be any firewalls preventing LimeWire from downloading. So I downloaded and installed LimeWire and I am still not able to d/l. The world has a wall in front of it when it shouldn't and only one green bar, W T F ? I am gonna try the port (6346) test and some other stuff before I try and post again. Any pointers on this would be appreciated.

The chances are (as suggested above) the problem may be your connection device since most high speed devices have internal NAT firewalls. The answer is either to set it to use UPnP if it has that ability or reliable ability to use it, or else, port forwarding.