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

First two things I would try...
Try uninstalling your Java from the add/remove programs and then re-install the JRE 5.11 offline version....
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

If that does not help with your problem try deleting your preference folder...
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows XP Home Edition
2. What firewalls you have? none active (though LimeWire insists there's one)
3. How much ram? 1 GB
4. Hard Disk space available? 13.2 GB out of 80 GB (damn, gotta start freeing up some space there!)
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT54G v2
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. LimeWire 4.13.8 Pro/Java 1.6.0_01
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Comcast
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? It says "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. It's happened before I think. It was going Turbo Connected before but now it's just Fair Connection and won't give any search results.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes, I've always seen it even though I don't have any software or Windows firewalls turned on.
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 :) Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0
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). USA

Thanks in advance! :Smilywais:

Ok a few things, firstly we will start with your router...
You have said that you have port forwarded, just check to see if it is configured correctly
These are your instructions..Check which one is yours...
Port Forwarding for the Linksys WRT54G v2.02.7
Port Forwarding for the Linksys WRT54Gv2.04

Also try this...
Go to your connections Tab in limewire, if it's not showing up go to Veiw > 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...
It is also wise to go to your Filters, to find this go to Tools > Options > Filters and select the Host Filter and add these IP's into it and select apply...
And see if that helps...

Thanks! I think mine is the second link...

I did what you instructed for mrsqball. I uninstalled an old version of J2SE Run Environment and downloaded/installed the updated 5.11 offline version. I also uninstalled LimeWire and deleted the .limewire folder, rebooted, reinstalled the program, and it's working perfectly now! Thank you so much for your help! :aweof:

Yah!! that's excellent, there are so many of these download problems at the moment it's doing my head in...:D I'm glad your's is sorted now...;)

This works. I had to try about 3 Ultrapeers but now I am up and going and running smooth. Thanks very much Xowe. You are my hero of the week man.

I tried over 10 "adds" in connections and nothing. Even if this did work or does for some people, it doesn't explain the need for doing this when LimeWare previously connected without "assistance". What's up?

I agree with you Star. I used to get on with no assistance but evidently there is some issue where limewire is apparently blocking a large batch of IPS. I have tried on several other relatives' comps some with DSL and some with the same service and have noticed that most of the relatives that are currently on DSL are having absolutely no issue whereas my family that is using the same ISP is having the EXACT same issue I am having. It seems there is some kind of blocking either by the ISP or limewire blocking certain ISPs or IP addresses.

I don't think it's your ISP or my ISP and I explained that in another thread see the thread I started http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...revisited.html. The reason is that although I have the same security on a desktop as a laptop on which I just recently installed LimeWire, when I unhook my DSL modem cable from the desktop to the laptop, the laptop connects with LimeWire perfectly (obviously same ISP). I don't know if this provides different ISP numbers (by using a different computer) but the problem sure seems to be common and not at our end. Where are all the computer gurus for a fix and not trying to turn us into detectives looking for clues and trying different things, most of which don't seem to work.

You are a genius!!!