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Old November 30th, 2006
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Default im stuck behind a firewall

plse help.
im no fundy @ programing.
i have a firewall on my lw, which only appeared a few days ago'
i checked my windows firewall, even tried disabling.
tried the magnetic link, and it downloaded ok.
i have a marconi adsl router, but i completely at lost with its configuration.
i have trend penicillen virus protection.
i run thro a hub to my router.
i tried ares and that worked no problem.
tried manual ports, to no avail.
i am at a loss. dont know what else to do
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maybe i should ask for my money back and go back to ares.

no problem with firewalls there
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Ares must be a "leecher" program then. No wonder it's infamous for long queues for downloads.

The idea of forcing people to properly configure their firewalls is so they can share. Since that is what this is all about ... peer to peer. Gnutella is a "file sharing" network. If people weren't sharing then there'd be nothing to download.

If you have a problem with a firewall then it would mean people would mostly fail in their attempts to downld from you.

So why the firewall? Perhaps your router doesn't have good UPnP support & is unreliable in that mode. In which case port forwarding would normally be the best step. Port forwarding instructrions for Marconi can be found here http://www.portforward.com/routers.htm

You posted here, presumably looking for help, but you left very little in the way of details as the forum rules require; details such as these System details - help us to help you (click on link)

I presume you're using Windows XP so did you configure your XP firewall to allow LW full access? (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link). You mentioned penicillen, is that only an AV or is it also a firewall?
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windows xp
windows and trend micro Pc-cillin , both disabled
250 ram
c has 3 '5 gig
d has 57 gig]
adsl router Marconi hasbani firmware CX82xxx_4.1.0.9
i connect from home
lw 14.13.0 pro
java 1.50_09

telkomsa

tested port 6346 and passed test
my first try with lw
connected to other pc through a hub - cport 8 switch hub

i c a wall on my lw
i hope you can help me. much appreciated
i am in south africa
i rang my provider but they were of no help.
when i first used lw last week it was working perfectly.
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When you say connected via a hub, I presume you mean USB hub right?
Ethernet would be faster & more reliable.

I'd suggest you try the port forwarding. But before you do that, go to LW's menu bar, Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & change the listening port to 64049. Then restart LW. See if that makes a difference. If not, then try port forwarding from the link I gave above. Choose the one that looks the most similar to yours.

I've come across a couple of other users from S. Africa who had problems with their ISP secretly causing problems. I hope this is not the case for you.
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thanx , i tried that port but top no avail
as regards the router. i am not sure. it is rather expensive for me, but if it is required i will have to think about.
btw i run thro ethernet on my windows xp.

what i cant understand is that it worked for about a week, then the firewall went up.
im not really a good prigrammer, or good on the pc, scared i will make a mess of it.
again thanx.
did u resove the problems for teh others from s africa?
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... but if it is required i will have to think about.
not sure I understand what you mean here.
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what i cant understand is that it worked for about a week, then the firewall went up.
This 'might' be due to the ISP. They may have detected you using a p2p program & lots of bandwidth & have put something there to block it.
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did u resove the problems for teh others from s africa?
A couple that came to mind ... no I don't think there was any easy solution.

Why not try Phex to see if you have the same problems. It's another gnutella program. They also have their own section on these forums. Phex doesn't have many language options however.
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they require a payment of about R300 or so to use that program
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Which program?

Phex is free.
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sorry , i meant the forward port router programme.
ive just sent an e mail to my asdl provider asking them if they can resolve it.

hopeing they can
thanx for ur help anyway. it is much appreciated.
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