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 1 Bar in Limewire, Help Please Hello my names Nick, as you can see I'm new to this board. Alright well Limewire will open up but the connection is 1 bar, and it says there is a firewall blocking it, which is wrong. I have exceptions for Limewire, and the port number that I use in my firewall. I also use uTorrent, which can't connect. Limewire doesn't work on my brothers laptop either, which he is connected to this computer from Netgear. BTW, just 3 days ago I had re-formated my computer and gotten a new modem. The modems firewall is OFF. The modem would be, Siemens Speedstream 4200. Thanks in advance for any help at all. EDIT: Btw, I'm deffinatly not new to computers, so if you need to give me the most detailed of solutions, then do so. Last edited by Killahsmoke; July 27th, 2007 at 08:50 PM.  |
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| I also have had trouble getting a connection with only one bar lit up. I was using Limewire just fine for about 6 months when about five days ago my signal was stuck at 1 bar. I have un installed and re installed Limewire while also dropping it out of my Firewalls exceptions list and entering it back again. I read something about the router and a firewall but none of that makes sense to me. If the router has a firewall how do I find it and make changes? I have checked for viruses and the sort and can find none. I have several logos in my firewall listings and many of them are not lit up with color and they all say (This Rule is Temporarily Disabled). I use Defender Pro Anti Virus and Firewall. Now I have checked the boxes on the temporarily disabled sites but when I go back all my changes are reversed. I use an Actiontec 56 k External Modem and my personal computer is a Dell Dimension 8200. I can't remember how much hard drive I am using. I know I have cleared a ton of stuff out of it so that should not be the problem. Any help on this would be much appreciated. On a side note, this has nothing to do with p2p or Limewire but my system restore has not worked since I got this used computer and I have checked to see if I have too much garbage in my hard drive. I have plenty of room but this problem still exist. Could something be corrupted? This is really not a big issue so if no info is available for this that is fine, I just want an idea what may have went wrong with Limewire for it to just stop working. |
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One Bar Hope we can find a solution to this problem.... |
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| It would really help if you could all give us this info  System details - help us to help you -> Provide these details when you post!!! |
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| 1. OS version? Windows XP Service Pack 2 2. What firewalls you have? Windows, Trend Micro, Norton [Trend, and Norton are OFF, and Windows has exceptions also with port exceptions] 3. How much ram? 1 Gigabyte 4. Hard Disk space available? 30.5 Gigs on my main drive 5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) dsl broadband, and a wireless router for my brothers laptop 6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Modem: 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 4.14 and Java 1.6.0_02 9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Windstream 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? Connection timed out 11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. I use uTorrent, and Limewire. 12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. New problem with an experienced user. 13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes and it ****** me off 14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? UPnP enabled 15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall  Norton Antivirus, Windows, and Trend micro Pc-illin. 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 BTW, my computer worked fine before my computer was re-formatted. Last edited by Killahsmoke; July 28th, 2007 at 08:27 AM. |
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| I have Windows XP Home I use Defender Pro Firewall and Anti-Virus Windows Firewall Off My main drive: Size 18.61 GB Free Space: 10.78 GB Available ] My connection type is dial up. I use an ActionTec 56K External Modem Connecting From Home Computer My isp is PeoplePC regular Was using LW 4.14 and JRE 1.6.0_01 when my problem began I have since added Frostwire 4.13.1 and updated LW which did not work still yet. I also upgraded to the newest version of JRE and un installed my Limewire when it did not work in favor of trying FW. Neither Limewire nor Frostwire has worked as I am stuck at 1 bar. I canceled out my exceptions on my firewall and reinstalled Limewire once but it did no good. On direct connect on Frostwire it reads (YOUR COMPUTER IS BEHIND A FIREWALL OR ROUTER AND CANNOT RECEIVE DIRECT CONNECTIONS. I don't understand direct connections so I doubt this means anything. Still I don't know how to change a firewall in the router if there is such a thing. I know my firewall service is working and I have LW as an exception. I have done the test and everything checks out. I am sharing my connection with BitTorrent. I have been using Limewire for about six months and hae made only minor changes to my computer before now. Limewire connection just quit. I have always had the brickwall in front of the blue planet icon since I started but it never hindered my use of Limewire. I am UPnP enabled. I am in the USA (State of Tx) My Limewire worked fine and I can't understand what I may have done to screw it up. Any help on this would be much appreciated. My e mail address is ******* ________________________________________ Edited to comply with the House Rules. Do not divulge anyone's personal information in the forum, not even your own. Last edited by birdy; July 28th, 2007 at 09:12 PM. |
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| Killahsmoke, Has LW worked since you upgraded to Java 1.6.0_02? A few people have had problems with that version. Try this one instead. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version(s) before installing this one. Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11 Make sure that you don't have a Windstream firewall running as well. Check out the thread below. Cant Connect Also delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location). Fixes for LimeWire This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later. Your Speedstream 4200 has a firewall. Try port forwarding, the instructions are here. Port Forwarding for the Siemens 4200 Don't forget the step of setting up a static IP address first. LW's listening port, port in the 'manual port forward' box & port forwarded within the Speedstream all have to be the same number  Knight35, Install the Java version that I recommended for Killahsmoke (1.5.0_11). Also delete your preferences folder as I recommended for Killahsmoke. Make sure that your Defender Pro firewall's still allowing LW. What's the model of your Actiontec? |
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