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Old August 12th, 2006
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Here would be a link for your wireless; you might find the answers there:
http://support.2wire.com/cgi-bin/two...o+port+forward
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Jadewyn,
You said that you "went back to LW to see what port numbers were defaulted in options and entered "6346" and "48403"... LW's listening port & connection port should be the same number.You should also have that same port number allowed within your software firewall. Just one port number.

Also, when you forward a port for FW, use a different port to the one you've forwarded for LW.
(the person in the FW thread's talking about enabling UPnP, I have no idea about that... I just went straight to port forwarding)

Sorry if I've read your post wrong & got you confused
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Well... I've got the brick wall to disappear (YAY) but something is still not letting anything connect on Frostwire...

I wonder if it has to do with the step for the port forwarding that asks you to type "Limew1" and "Limew2" For FW would it just be "Frostw1" and "Frostw2?"

At any rate, I have successfully forwarded my LW port using Manual Port Forward: 41816. ^_^;

THANKS SO MUCH for your help. XD; I was pretty sure I was almsot there but somehow my lack of understanding just threw me off and I kept changing different things to try to get it to work... Sorry to confuse you.
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All in all it's just another brick in the wall...

I am experiencing the same problem and continue to troubleshoot to reclaim those glory days when this LW system worked like a charm (upon initial install).

gotafix?
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gotafix, we're going to need some info
What has changed since everything worked well...hardware? ISP? New software? Anything? How long have you been having the connection problem?

Have you double checked your firewall config & made sure that you're only using 1 software firewall? Have you done this port test & did it work?
http://www3.limewire.com:6346

What are your details?

OS(Win XP etc)
LW & Java version (help > about LW & you'll see)
Firewall you're using
Modem/router brand & model
ISP
Connection type (DSL etc)
Where you connect from (home, school etc)
Are you sharing a connection with other computers
Is this your first try with LW

How's your router set up? Do you have UPnP enabled or are you port forwarding (or neither)?
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Thanx for reply Birdy...seems like you have been down this road b4 and had success helping others. I would be grateful if that was the case again.

History:
I am working on a PC with a T1 connection at my remote office. I utilize Cisco to connect to my server in corp but do not utilize this utility when accessing LW. I started by d/l'ng LW 4.12.4 and it worked right off the bat. Then about four days into it, the globe came up and would not connect when searching. I upgraded to version 6, then confirmed Gnutella ports using the customized number that was listed when walking through the process, confirmed access exception at Win Security Center - Firewall options. I am stuck...Maybe one of our jedi warrior administrators for the company (tech oriented co) messed it up and blocked it out all of a sudden?

How do I check what other firewalls are blocking LW currently? I run PC / Windows XP Pro / LW4.12.6 / Cisco Pix 506 E Firewall VPN / Verizon T1

I think I now have port forwarding and UpNP enabled...neither seem to be working.

Any clue?

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If you're connecting from work, you might find that the company has an anti-p2p policy & won't let you connect. Lots of employers do this just because they don't want employees sharing (often inadvertantly) sensitive files. You're really going to have to talk to admin & find out what the policy is. I'd also ask them if they've recently blocked anything.

I'm a bit confused re your firewalls. You've got a Cisco firewall but you said that you don't utilise this utility when accessing LW... do you turn off the Cisco firewall before you open LW?
You'll run into problems if you're using 2 software firewalls, they'll just interfere with each other. So, if you're going to run the Cisco firewall, turn the XP one off.

Do you see any green connection bars at all? Did you do that port test? If the test doesn't work, it means that LW's default port is blocked.
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