Bad Connection caused by firewall??
 

Well i connected fine to limewire w/ dsl as my firewall allowed it but i switched to comcast and got their wireless gateway and now while i can still connect to limewire the brick wall is there meaning it detected a firewall. My windows firewall allows it but apparently somthing is blocking it. What can i do? Can i fix it?

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If you can't find a model number on the gateway, have a look underneath.

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1. Xp Home edition
2. i have no firewalls aside from windows defender
3. 512 MB SDRAM
4. im not usre but its anew comp so much hard disk room availible
5. Cable highspeed internet
6. Net gear comcast Gateway CG814WG v2
7. Trying to connect from home
8. lIMEWIRE 4.14.8 jAVA 1.6.0_02
9. Comcast
10. Test worked
11. No sharing
12. New problem
13. brick wall
15. windows defender and yahoo provided software [not comcast]
16. US

I didn't think Windows Defender included a firewall (thought it was antispyware). You can use a software firewall, just make sure that it's allowing LW.
User Cant Connect - LimeWire

Try port forwarding for your Netgear, the instructions are here.
Port Forwarding for the Netgear CG814WGv2
Don't forget to set up a static IP address first. LW's listening port, port in the 'manual port forward' box & port forwarded within the router setup should all be the same number:)

I am also having connection problems. I can still download files but I can't use my limewire player. Lime Wire is showing that I am behind a firewall but I have added LimeWire to my allowed programs in my windows firewall. My status bar says Limewire: Enabling...

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hi im a new member so i need all the help i can get!