I'm a computer expert, but I've never had so much trouble getting a piece of software to work. Limewire will not connect on the wireless desktop. Limewire works fine on my hardwired desktop.

I have turned off all possible blocks I can think of (i.e. virus, software and hardware firewalls, SpySweeper). I tried the latest Java version and uninstalled all Javas and installed the suggested older version (1.6.0_02 and 1.5.0.12).

I am UPnP enabled. My router doesn't appear to provide port forwarding. I even tried opening a UDP port on 6348.

I have struggled with this for hours and checked a number of suggested solutions in this forum but nothing has worked.

Can anyone help?




1. OS version? XP Pro
2. What firewalls you have? Windows Firewall off. McAfee Firewall instead.
3. How much ram? 512mb
4. Hard Disk space available? over 100gb
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Broadband cable.
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Modem is a Belkin Pre-N router.
7. Where are you trying to connect from? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? Limewire 4.8.0 Pro. Tried Java 1.6.0_02 and 1.5.0.12
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Comcast
10. The test works fine going here. http://www3.limewire.com:6346/
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? Wireless desktop will not work. Hardwired desktop works fine with no adjustments.
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. Experienced user.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? no
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? UPnP enabled. I don't think the Belkin router provides port forwarding.
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? McAfee Virus and Firewall, SpySweeper
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country. USA

Go to Tools > Options > Bug Report > View Example scroll down to Received Incomming this Session, if it's true you are not blocked by a firewall, but if it is false you are being blocked by one of your firewalls...

If you are being blocked could you supply the model number for your Belkin...

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The Received Incomming this Session flag was false after disabling the McAfee firewall and after disabling the Belkin hardware firewall.

I also opened port (6346) in both directions.

The Belkin model number is F5D8230-4.

This is really stumping me.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Ok here are your instructions to Port Forwarding your router, don't forget to set up your static IP number as well, all of the instructions for that are included in the link...
Port Forwarding for the Belkin F5D8230-4

Also once you have that sorted out, it may be best to use the JRE 5.11 Java...
Uninstall all versions of 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

Deleting your prefernce folder can also help with connection problems...
Fixes for Limewire when LW isn't operating as it should

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Ok, I set everything up to do port forwarding on port 50000 (static IP address, port 50000 assignments in both directions).

I'm running Java 1.5.0.12.

I deleted the limewire profile folder.

I had the software and hardware firewalls turned off.

And it still will not connect...

Try the JRE 5.11 and see if that helps...
Link is in above post...

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Installed latest version of Limewire (4.14.3) Still no connection.

Limewire indicates firewall detected. So McAfee and router firewalls were disabled. The only other thing I can think of is SpySweeper, so I shut that down. But there remains a small SpySweeper.exe still running that the system will not allow me to do an "end task" on.

But on the other hand, I run Limewire successfully with SpySweeper on the hardwired desktop.

Any more ideas?

In the listen port and the manual port forward box in limewire did you enter 50000 ??

If yes try Port Forwarding again and edit 50000 and use 64049, you don't have to do the static ip part again...

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The new Limewire install picked up my settings from the old. The manual port is set to 50000. But the listening port set to 51111.

So are you suggesting to set both to 64049? Any reasoning behind that?

I opened port 50000 on the router in and out. Does that need to be changed to 64049 also?

Thanks.

You need to have the listen port and the manual port forward numbers the same as what you used in the port forwarding...

Change the listen port to 50000 as well....

I suggested 64049 because that is a common port people use successfully...But don't use it unless the 50000 doesn't work...

And yes if you choose the 64049 you will have to change the TCP and the UDP within the router...

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