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July 20th, 2007
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 Please help! Connection problems 1. OS version? xp 2. What firewalls you have?avast 3. How much ram?sorry dont know 4. Hard Disk space available?dont know 5. Connection type? broadband 6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?i think this is the right thing- Zoom ADSL X6 7. Where are you trying to connect from? house 8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? LW 4.12.11 and Java 1.5.0_09 9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Pipex 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 said test worked 11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? Sharing with 2 laptops 12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. It worked for a few months then started doing this 13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes 14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? sorry dont know 15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall  sorry all it says is avast! 16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country? UK I have left it to see if the connection improves but it still stays on 1 bar and when i try to search for the doc i want to download it says: 'limewire is currently connecting to the network. Your search may not return any results until you are fully connected to the network' Sorry if there is a solution already posted somewhere and im wasting everyones time but im really stuck!  Thanks!!!!!!!  |
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July 20th, 2007
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| As far as I know, Avast! doesn't include a firewall...even in the paid versions  If you have the free version, there's no firewall. If you have a paid version, just double check to see whether there's a firewall. If there is, make sure that it's configured to allow LW. If there's not, make sure that the XP firewall's configured to allow LW.User Cant Connect - LimeWire Pipex are known for traffic shaping. Not so sure about port blocking but it's possible. Within LW go tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Change LW's listening port to 64049 (or ports in the range of 49152 - 65535) > Apply > ok. Have you tried connecting outside of peak hours? Give that a try. Pipex have a FUP during peak hours. Pipex - Up to 8Mb broadband from £6.50, cheap home phone call packages Moneysupermarket.com - pipex homecall and p2p programs Try this version of Java. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before you install this one. Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11 If that doesn't help, 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 router might have it's own firewall & so you could try port forwarding. Have a look at the Zoom models in this router index. Find your model & then choose LW from the list of programs...you'll then get instructions for port forwarding. PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall LW's listening port, port in the 'manual port forward' box & port forwarded within the router all have to be the same number  |
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July 21st, 2007
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| Thank you will try all ur suggestions!!!! Can i ask also wat FUP means, thanks! |
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July 21st, 2007
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| download problems I have had limewaire basic for several months and recently upgraded to PRO. Now that I have every time I try and download music it opens the download window and says "connecting" but then goes to "Needs more sources". never had this problem with LW Basic. |
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July 21st, 2007
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| janinanine, FUP stands for Fair Use/Usage Policy. It's a policy that some ISPs have, where the ISP will manage the bandwidth (which results in slow download speed) of customers that they think are using excessive bandwidth...usually customers who are using p2p jberry6612, If this has suddenly started happening with every file that you try to download, try this: 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. |
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July 26th, 2007
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| Oh!! Thanks Birdy will try the solutions asap! |
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September 29th, 2007
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| We got a new comp and LW is working on it but once the files r saved it won't play them through the LW media player despite the option to do so is ticked. Does any1 no how 2 fix this or no why its doing this? Thanks 4 all the previous help jberry6612 and birdy!!! |
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September 29th, 2007
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| Do the songs play during preview (while you're downloading them)? Have you tried playing the songs with another player & if so, do they play ok? The LW player's awful really...you're better off using another player But, if you really like the player & want to keep using it, try this: 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. |
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