hello guys, i have just installed a new modem/router (Belkin F5D7632UK4) but since installing it, i keep getting the brick wall again...

Limewire is behind a firewall, my windows xp firewall is disabled, so i know Xp isn't the problem...

Strange thing is, i have the firewall on my Belkin modem/router disabled, so i don't understand where this firewall is coming from?

please advice me on, how i can configure my modem/router, to allow Limewire in.

thanx

Tranceliner

If there is one thing I know about modem/routers is that their firewalls are not switched off when they say they are via the GUI, I believe modem/router firewalls can only be switched off via the command line, i.e. DOS prompt.

The following link will take you to the port forwarding instructions for the Belkin F5D7632-4v3. Sorry, I could not find the UK model you have but I am reasonably sure that these instructions will work:-

Port Forwarding for the Belkin F5D7632-4



UK Bob

thanyou for the reply bob,

i had a look at the link about PORT FORWARDING but it seems like a very technical task to do, i am not understanding how to set up a static ip address & i'm afraid i might mess things up!

can you give me anymore information on how to completley disable firewalls, on a modem/router (i.e) command line dos prompt plz? and does this method usualy work?

what would happen if i forwarded the limewire ports to my modem/router, but didn't bother with setting up a static ip address?

Tranceliner

You asked:1) You will have to go to your modem/router's website and download the "Command-Line" user-guide, that will show you how to disable your modem/router's built in firewall.

2) The "Command-Line" method should work but this is a "boldly go where no man has gone before" thing, very few people use that method because PORT FORWARDING usually works.

You also asked:Well, you can try it because either it will or it won't work. As a side issue, I have not set a static IP address for my modem/router (Thomson ST585v6) and it works without any problems, however I cannot guarantee that yours will.



UK Bob

Hi Bob thanx for the advice, but i think i will give the (commad line) method a miss!

I will run through a series of events with you & i hope you might be able to deduce from that, where my firewall problem may come from!


01. I changed over to a new ISP, but they did not provide me with a modem/router, i decided to carry on using the (Bt Voyager 105 usb modem) that i was using with my previous ISP (aol)

02. The day of the migration, i realised that when ever i opened (limewire) there was a brick wall showing on my connection, but my connection is still
going upto turbo charged. (very slow download speeds tho)

03. After a few days of configuring, i realised that my windows xp firewall
was switched on, altho i thought it was disabled. At that point i decided to disable the xp firewall & hey presto, no more brick wall in (limewire) problem solved.

04. A few days later i had my computer formatted & windows xp reinstalled.
My current Isp adviced me to invest in a Belkin modem/router, so i went out and bought one!

05.I got my Isp to set up my Belkin modem/router for me, i also installed Java Runtime 5.0 update 11 then i installed (limewire) back onto my computer, upon opening Limewire, guess what? that damn BRICK WALL again!

06. At that point i headed straight to my windows xp firewall & disabled it, believing that the brick wall will go away, just like it did before, but on this occasion the brick wall did not go & is still there.

07. This has got me wandering, that the firewall is coming from elsewhere on this occasion & not from windows firewall, due to it bieng disabled.

In between all this, i have configured my (Avast Anti Virus) updated Java, deleted the limewire preference folder, so i'm pretty certain that i can rule out these things as bieng the cause!

I think the problem could lie with my modem/router built in firewall & i am considering going back to using a usb modem!

I hope u can look at this information & give me your opinion on where this problem is coming from!

thankyou for ur previous advice

Tranceliner

Well, it's quite obvious that your new modem/router is the current cause of your firewall problem and, at this stage, it may not be a bad idea to go back to your USB modem. I know that when I moved from USB modem to modem/router I also went from black to grey hair then to no hair at all

If you want to stay with your new modem/router then in order to use LW, or any other P2P app, you will have to use the PORT FORWARDing instructions. But is you want an easier life (and keep your hair) try your USB modem again.


UK Bob

Thanx Uk Bob, u've been very helpfull... i will pick up a new usb modem tomorow, i think zoom still sell them!

Hopefully that will resolve the problem! cheers mate