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Old March 21st, 2008
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hi heres my info:

1. OS version? vista home premium 32bit (admin acct)
2. What firewalls you have? macafee (std setting)
3. How much ram? 4gb
4. Hard Disk space available? 322gb
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) adsl 8mb
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? thompson speedthouch 330 usb
7. Where are you trying to connect from? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? lime wire 4.16.6 pro/ java 1.6.0_03
9. Who is your ISP Toucan Broadband (uk)
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? Test worked!!
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? none
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new problem after 6months of use
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes_ click here to see Sample image
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? Upnp but tried both
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall macafee security centre 2008
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country uk

I suddenly cannot connect to the network,after 6months of trouble free usage.There have been no significant changes to my system between the time it worked and the time it didnt,the limewire settings remained the same.
Limewire loads ok but will not connect,under the connections tab it shows it trying to connect to a list of hosts but doesnt achieve a connection,this continues for a few mins then there is no more hosts listed in the window(i get no error msgs and the bar is always at red)
I always get the brick wall icon even when i totaly disable my macafee firewall (this is the only firewall,and limewire is alowed thru)
Ive tried the various tips in the sticky thread with no luck,i also tried a tcp-v4/tcp-v6 tip i saw in one post with no luck.
I also downloaded phex and bearshare and the symtoms are the same(wont find a host or connect)
My internet has been slow for a while now,but when the speed has plummeted before limewire has always worked.
I do have bittorrent instaled but it is not used and is blocked via my firewall.
I updated the latest iso and extended reach drivers for my modem also and my modem doesnt have a seperate firewall built in.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,this is driving me nuts
thanks
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Old March 23rd, 2008
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do you think it could really be my isp? wouldnt the test page not work if they were stopping p2p? What gets me is that on a tuesday i was using LW turbocharged and everything and when i used it again on friday it wouldnt connect,and had only downloaded 10 mp3s that month so i wouldnt be anywhere near fair usage policy cutoff
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Old March 23rd, 2008
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Most likely they are giveing you problems.Your isp shows up in the Kitz file check it out.If you download late at night you should be good.But any other times Like Eveing or daylight your pretty much better off staying off.
::. Kitz - ISP Caps, FUPs and Throttling .::
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...-limewire.html

Hope this helps
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