• OS version? (eg: Windows XP professional
  MS WINDOWS XP

2. What firewalls you have?
WINDOWS FIREWALL

3. How much ram?
512 MB

4. Hard Disk space available?
A LOT

5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
cable

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
Wireless connecton to a Net Gear wireless router WGR614 v 5 and my modem is a WEBSTAR

7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?
HOUSE

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
Lim Wire Pro 4.12.11 and Java 1.5.0_03

9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?
Knology

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? If yes, please give details of set up.
NO

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
No, I had lime wire pro on the same system and it worked fine however, after a reformat of my system and re-purchase of lime wire pro its stuck behind a firewall. More below.

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface
YES, AND NO FIREWALL IS ON

15. Have you given full permissions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ?
NOT SURE HOW TO DO THAT,

16. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.?
OFF

17. In Start & remove Programs, Is this update Installed, "Security Update for Windows XP (KB931261)" ?
YES I HAVE IT


18. Are you using Manual Port faward in LimeWire OR UPnP ?
I HAVE TRIED BOTH SO FAR


Hello guys, I know your volunteers so I will make this as easy as possible but this is some frustrating stuff…

Okay so I was running pro on this same system with no issues before I had to reformat the hard drive. Upon doing so I had to re-purchase pro and when I got it installed I cant get past the firewall it seems. LM stuck in STARTING CONNECTION and I get no down loads what so ever.

Yes, I have disabled the XP professional windows fire wall and the same problem persists (still see the world and wall)
Yes, I have tried the manual port number
Yes, I have tried creating a manual port
Yes, I have made sure the port numbers match in both the firewall exception and LM
Yes, I have uninstalled it from the start menu and reinstalled it. Same issue…

Hope that gets a good start on the issue… Thanks in advance for any assistance.

David

daboatwright Hi.
I would start with updating your java, its a bit out of date.

Now! Go to,
START/Set Program Access/Change or Remove Programs,
now completely remove all versions of java.
Re BOOT Your computer NOW.

Now! Use this Blue Link to get "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 12" Use the off line installer, NOT the (recommended) one, 4th one down.
Java SE Downloads - Previous Release - JDK 5
When Download is completed.
Disconnect from internet, close ALL apps n reinstall java.

Try switching to Manual Port forward using port numbers between 45000 To 65000
Both Manual Port forward No, & listening port should be set at the same number
In LimeWire, GO to Tools/Options/Advanced/Firewall Config & use Manual Port forward.

Then Port forward your router,

Port Forwarding for the Net Gear wireless router WGR614 v 5
Follow this link it will open on the page you need to PortForward your router.
Use this blue link. & don't forget to create a static IP first, as instructed , & click apply after changing each setting.
PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall

If you need help, Shout, If it fixed your problem or not, Feedback helps others.
Peace

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mickjapa108

Hi my name is tim and have never even been on a forum before. I have the same problem as daboatwright but I have mellenium. No laughing ha! My world is behind the firewall and I have a cox modem, a linksys wgt54gs wireless router and a vonage set up. I started having problems connecting but it would eventually connect with the free version and I have made no changes but things have gotten worse over the last many months. So I thought I would get the pro version to help that and now it won't connect at all. I also moved my shared files to an external hard drive but have made it available for sharing. I'm just stuck. I am a working musician and really need to use this. If this is in the wrong place please forward this to someone until I learn what I'm doing and where to post my questions
Thanks
Tim SOULCATCHER INTRO

I havent tried it yet but I will give this a try tonight and let everyone know.

Thank you.
David

Feedback helps thanks.

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mickjapa108

I followed all the directions and it help out alot. Took a while though, Thanks so much

I'm having the same exact problem about limewire being stuck behind a firewall or something. I've tried everything also. does nybdy know anyhing? when I clik on limewire icon nothing happens. I've tried everything, reinstall, etc. Windows XP no firewall on

If People start a new thread Its much easier to deal with a specific problem
Posting in someone else's thread, May be overlooked & causes confusion.
Also Connection problems can be tricky So Post your details at the beginning,
This will get you fixed much faster.

So use this blue link to start your own personal thread It will open where you
need to start typing Thank You.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/newthr...newthread&f=22
Peace.

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mickjapa108

Netgear .. at least the newer models of recent years have UPnP turned on by default. However, your Webstar ... even though you only use it as a modem ... I have a suspicion it may well have an internal NAT firewall.

To answer your question from a PM, when I first started using LW several years ago, the larger % of users were blocked behind firewalls & it was very difficult to download from people. So thus, the sharing network was limited. The LW programmers have done their utmost since then to over-come this. One has been to give LW UPnP abilities so it can communicate directly with UPnP capable & enabled routers & modems so it sends a request to open a particular port whilst the program is open. Only one program can access a particular port at a time & portforwarding or upnp only has the port open whilst the program is open. LW team also introduced the ability for windows users to configure their windows firewalls via LW. They also introduced a mechanism that lets LW detect if there is a firewall blocking it & to warn you. Before many, too many people were ignorant to the fact they may have had firewall probems affecting their use of LW. The overall aim is for people to configure their LW & firewalls so that sharing can take place without issues.

you know I thought I had this cracked when I finally figure out how to turn on the UPnP on my router and re-checked to make sure its still active which it wasnt before.

I changed the setting back to UPnP in LM the port says 62000 not sure if thats still good.

Still LM says im stuck behind a firewall..

you mentioned "even though you only use it as a modem ... I have a suspicion it may well have an internal NAT firewall."

how do I check this out to be true and how can this be true if its never been an issue when I had LM in the past?