Hi

I have been useing limewire for about 3 years now and have been useing the netgear dg834g v1 to connect 2 computers. i have not had to mess with any settings limewire has worked instantley. I have changed the router to v3 and now it says im stuck behind a firewall and it will not download anything. any ideas why? how do i solve it?

see below for my computer info.

thanks

1. OS version? ( xp)

2. What firewalls you have? ( mcafee plus)

3. How much ram? (2g)

4. Hard Disk space available? (300 g)

5. Connection type? (broadband)

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? ( netgear dg834g v3)

7. Where are you trying to connect from (house)

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (lw version 4.9.23 pro) java 1.5.0_09

9. Who is your ISP provider (aol)

10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? (your test worked)

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? ( 2 computers 1 router)

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. (new problem)

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? (yes)

thanks

You have a Nat Firewall in your router and I can only find the instructions to port forward for a dg834g...But it should be similar if not the same set up...

Here are the instructions follow them closely especially the static IP part...
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...G/Limewire.htm

Let us know how you go with that...

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Hi wondering why. thanks for the info. Im in the process of trying your suggestion now. You say there is a nat firewall built into the router. is there anyway of turning that off? also what is a nat firewall in comparison to a firewall? (very limited info on computers)

Thanks

This link will explain what a Nat firewall is....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network...ss_translation

I'm actually not sure if you can disable a Nat firewall, maybe someone on the forum might know...

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wondering why you are a legend. it worked. cheers.

1 point though. i followed the portforward link but all i had to do was set up a static ip address and the wall on the globe on lw disappeared. There was know need to mess with the router settings. Is that normal?

Cheers again

That's excellent... I haven't seen just the static IP get rid of the wall...It's good to know...What numbers are you using in the LW and listen ports (just out of interest)...

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please help...i cant connct i always get 5 greens..but now i only have one..did all of the tips that i could find here,,,nothing worked....'please help..thanks...


1. OS version? ( xp)

2. What firewalls you have? ( norton)

3. How much ram? (not sure)

4. Hard Disk space available? (am not sure)

5. Connection type? (i think its cable)

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? ( i dont know)

7. Where are you trying to connect from (house)

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (lw version 4.13.0pro) java 1.5.0_10

9. Who is your ISP provider (time warner)

10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? (your test worked)

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? no

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. (new problem)

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? (yes)

thanks