General Connection problems
 

Hi everyone...

I had a problem with Limewire, and it appears I'm not alone. Many people are reporting the same problem, where, they cannot connect to any peers and all firewall and other settings check out perfectly. I spent some time messing with Limewire, checking all the firewall settings, and even putting my computer straight on the Internet (No firewall at all) with no luck. I own the ISP I am running through, so I know we arn't blocking anything.

My solution was to make a connection, using Add under the connections tab, to an ultrapeer I got from a friend's limewire. As soon as I did that, 3 Ultrapeers connected and everything worked perfectly. It would appear that there is some blocking, on Limewire's side, by their UDP Host Cache servers of our block of IP addresses (Or perhaps some other reason revolving around the UHC).

I have placed a help-file for our customers, which you are all welcome to look at, with connection information. It has a link to an automatically updating peer list if anyone needs it. TDCNet Helpfiles: Limewire Problems

I don't know why Limewire doesn't publish a list of their Ultrapeers, It would have saved me a whole bunch of time.

ALL RIGHT!! Xowe, your solution worked for me.Like a lot of people I've tried all the other fixes and nothing else worked. thank you, thank you.

Xowe...The thing is how does Limewire know who the Ultrapeers are going to be...
Ultrapeers are chosen depending on your connection and if you have the option enabled to be one...
I could be an Ultrapeer one day and then I might not be one for another month and if those Ultrapeers that you have listed are not online you won't be able to connect...

So in other words if you are having trouble connecting to Ultrappers you could just go to your connections Tab in limewire, if it's not showing up go to View > Show/Hide and make sure the connection tab has a tick next to it...
Then click on the Hosts and remove them and let Limewire search for some more...

ahh i love you! this worked. but i can only connect to one of them, and it seems like they dont have the songs i want. ive tryed a lot from the list on the site, but i still cant connect to more then one. what do i do?

this isnt working for me:(

The problem I was having was *Finding* peers for any kind of connection to the GNutella network. For some reason, the UHC process for finding a list of peers wasn't working for me. It wasn't that I couldn't connect to the peers.

When you make a connection to the Gnutella network, the peer you are connecting to, will send a list of other peers. It was that first connection that I required to the network since the UHC process wasn't working, and from the messages on the forum, I am not alone in this problem.

If you go through the peer list on my link, most of the peers you cannot connect to, probably because they are behind a NAT Firewall that is preventing incoming connections. The Ultrapeers that I am talking about are the ones that a connection can be established with. The List I have is generated from the GhostWhiteCrab server. All I would want from Limewire would be for them to post the peer_cache file Like I have and maybe filter hosts that cannot be connected to.

We are currently in discussion about this topic at the moment and this is what one of the SM who knows his stuff has suggested...

When anybody runs out of reliable addresses to connect with the best solution is
to add new ones, not just throw away the ones that don't work. LimeWire might
recreate a default list when you delete the old one but that's pointless when
nothing on that list works.

A list hosted on a web server is essentially useless unless continually updated by a
live LimeWire 24 hours a day. That's why it is best to wait for the need before
posting one.

It doesn't matter if the first few nodes you connect to are not ultrapeers because
they will still tell your LimeWire where to find more hosts.

still not working!!!
 

:confused:....I've tried everything to get this to work and nothing is working!!! I have tried the ultrapeers advice, ran through the firewall advice and checked all my settings and its still not working! All it says is connecting to the network but it never goes any farther than that! Please help..............:pullinghair:

Can you supply these details please...
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...-you-post.html

further info to help clarify what prob might be!!
 

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows XP
2. What firewalls you have? McAfee
3. How much ram? 1.5 GB
4. Hard Disk space available? 100 GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) DSL
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? SpeedStream 4200
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. LW 4.12.15 PRO, Java 1.6.0_01
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Bell Sympatico
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 was on the page
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. this is a new problem since I decided to purchase it...used it fine before
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/attach...1&d=1158099342
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? port forwarding
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall :) McAfee
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland). Canada


Hope this information is helpful to figure out what the problem is ........

Thanks :):)
Never mind ......I went back to it and it was now working!!LOL