I've read all the stuff and i still can't connect. HELP!!!!!

ana113 · #1 (**permalink**) January 30th, 2008

1. OS version? Vista
2. What firewalls you have? Windows Firewall
3. How much ram? i dont know
4. Hard Disk space available? 70%
5. Connection type? umm i dont know, i'm connected to a wireless router, if that means anything?
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? SurfBoard SBG900
7. Where are you trying to connect from? home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? LW 4.16.3 and Java 1.6.0_03
9. Who is your ISP provider? AOL?
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? "internet explorer could not..."
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. no
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new problem, it has always worked.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes

Lord of the Rings · #2 (**permalink**) January 31st, 2008

Unfortunately the Motorolla SBG900 does not support UPnP protocol. Thus you will need to port forward. See http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...tml#post306696 for links to instructions.

Also configure your Vista Firewall to allow LW full access; User Cant Connect - LimeWire

Oliver341 · #3 (**permalink**) January 31st, 2008

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Originally Posted by Lord of the Rings

Unfortunately the Motorolla SBG900 does not support UPnP protocol.

Unfortunately Limewire doesn't support the UPnP protocol either - UPnP support is broken in the latest Limewire version

ana113 · #4 (**permalink**) January 31st, 2008

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Originally Posted by Lord of the Rings

Open a web browser like internet explorer or Netscape. Enter the ip address of your router in the address bar of your browser. In the picture above the address bar has Google in it. Just replace all of that with the ip address of your router. By default the ip address should be set to 192.168.100.1 or 192.168.0.1
You may need to put http:// or http://.www. before it. Try all options including without.
You should see a box prompting you for your username and password. Enter your username and password now. By default the username is admin, and the password is motorola. Click the Log In button to log in to your router.
I am not sure which model you have, but my guess UPnP is listed under Firewall tab. UPnP stands for Universal Plug and Play.

I did all of that and went to the firewall tab, but since i didn't see anything that said UPnP and i didn't really know what else to do, and i have no clue what port forwarding is, so i just turned the firewall off. I have windows firewall on, and it doesn't block LW. And now i can get fully connected to LW! I didn't know that that thing had a firewall. So now that I only have windows firewall, my computer is still safe, right? I don't have to have both turned on??

Thanks for the help.