firewll prob....lots of info, please help
 

i am running limewire on my laptop, been doing it on there for about 3 months with no problem then one day limewire froze up while downloading, and i shutdown and restarted computer and ever since then i get the brickwall. here is the info i can provid.
1. windows xp
2.windows firewll is turned off, running nortons, limewire is set to "permit all", i have also tried turning firewall in nortons completely off to see if it would help ( for about a minute)
3. 384mb of ram
4. i don't know how much hd space left, i don't have hardly anything loaded on it, and it is a 80gb hd to start with
5 and 6. i was running wireless with linksys wrt54g router with no problem, after getting the problem i tried using the ethernet cable directly and turning off wirelss, still no help
7.connecting at home
8.limewire version 4.12.6 and java 1.5.0_09
9.roadrunner high speed
10.went to the link, and yes my test worked
11.not sharing conection with any other computers
12.limewire worked for about 3 months, no new programs installed recently
13. yes i have brick wall

try running your cable directly to your modem (skipping the router)

i did that already as stated in #5, i completely unhooker router and turned off wireless on computer and just ran a cable, nothing changed, thanks for the reply though

wrt54g router has major firmware problems. See the note about wrt54g under the UPnP section here Connection problems? Check here first! (click on link) under Linksys listing about 20% of way down the page. And look for the link called "Linksys WRT54G - Fixed my problem, Followed these steps and it works!", but that's only if you're brave. ;) :)

thanks for replying LOTR but i eliminated my router as being the problem, i turned off my wireless on my computer, unhooked the router and directly connected my computer to my roadrunner modem. still firewalled.

Try these then:

1. Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Point #3 in Fixes for Limewire (sample image included at bottom of page.) Your prefs are probably corrupted after the freeze.

2. Reconfiguring Norton Firewall

i deleted the preferences folder and it didn't help,but...... i did finally get it to work, i did the port forwarding with my lynksys router. this link is awesome by the way and should be posted everywhere with firewall problems http://www.portforward.com/english/r...outerindex.htm
my question is why did i have to do this, i thought me unplugging my router and directly connecting to modem from isp elimanated me havng to mess with router? anyways thanks alot for your help, i went to the "reconfiguring norton firewall" link you gave and on that page i got sidetracked to the portforwarding link, i don't know if that was your plan but it worked.

That is an awesome site. Yes port forwarding is much more reliable than UPnP & especially for your model. However, if you do find the port forwarding is unreliable, then re-check the link about the firmware issue. It's not for the faint hearted but it is effective if done properly.

Anyway congratulations. :)