New Problem Connecting

Mister Bill · #1 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

I have enjoyed LimeWire for almost one year and now out of the blue I can't connect.... I am being told a firewall is detected? My windows firewall is disabled... I am using Norton Internet Security - I have been using this for the last year... my OS is XP... I have told Norton to allow LimeWire... I even removed Norton from my computer, uninstalled LimeWire and then reinstalled it and at the bottom of the LimeWire page it still says a Firewall is detected and will not connect.... I have added the port as instructed on the LimeWire support page and still cannot connect... I have checked my computer and to the best of my knowledge, I do not have another Firewall in place... can someone offer me any ideas please?

zzzonkout · #2 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

Same exact thing for me.

skyliner · #3 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Mister Bill

I have enjoyed LimeWire for almost one year and now out of the blue I can't connect.... I am being told a firewall is detected? My windows firewall is disabled... I am using Norton Internet Security - I have been using this for the last year... my OS is XP... I have told Norton to allow LimeWire... I even removed Norton from my computer, uninstalled LimeWire and then reinstalled it and at the bottom of the LimeWire page it still says a Firewall is detected and will not connect.... I have added the port as instructed on the LimeWire support page and still cannot connect... I have checked my computer and to the best of my knowledge, I do not have another Firewall in place... can someone offer me any ideas please?

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Originally Posted by zzzonkout

Same exact thing for me.

Hi -- In Limewire Links (below) click on (If LW will not connect) and try these fixes -- if yr problem still remains -- click on the link (connection problems) and (LW troubleshooting) and go through these fixes -- finally if you still have problems click on (system details) fill in as much as you can and post back here - pse let me know how you get on

zzzonkout · #4 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

1. OS version? Windows xp
2. What firewalls you have? Mcafee and Windows
3. How much ram? total virtual memory= 2.00GB total available=1.96GB
4. Hard Disk space available? a lot
5. Connection type? cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? scientific atlanta dpx110
7. Where are you trying to connect from: house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? version 4.16.6
java 1.6.0_03
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Charter
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? Says Your test worked!
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? No
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. Experienced user.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes but i set all the firewalls to the correct settings
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? no
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? i guess mcafee and maybe norton...norton does an occasional scan for me.
16. What country are you living in? USA.

thanks

Xcom46 · #5 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

See if this works

A comprehensive listing by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority can be found here. This is the official list. IANA is the organization that actually assigns these numbers, so this is really the place to look.

But the short story is, ports 49152 to 65535 are the ones to shoot for. They're known as Dynamic or Private Ports, and are there to use freely without stepping on any ports being used by your computer for other things.

Following is a list of the ports your machine might use at some time or another:

Ports below 1024 are called the "Well-Known Ports", used by various system processes. You can use any port within this range that are not in use, but unless you really know your computer, you can't be sure which ones are being used by your machine at any given time.

20 FTP data (File Transfer Protocol)
21 FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
22 SSH (Secure Shell)
23 Telnet
25 SMTP (Send Mail Transfer Protocol)
43 whois
53 DNS (Domain Name Service)
68 DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol)
79 Finger
80 HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
110 POP3 (Post Office Protocol, version 3)
115 SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)
119 NNTP (Network New Transfer Protocol)
123 NTP (Network Time Protocol)
137 NetBIOS-ns
138 NetBIOS-dgm
139 NetBIOS
143 IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol)
161 SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
194 IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
220 IMAP3 (Internet Message Access Protocol 3)
389 LDAP (Light****** Directory Access Protocol)
443 SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
445 SMB (NetBIOS over TCP)
666 Doom
993 SIMAP (Secure Internet Message Access Protocol)
995 SPOP (Secure Post Office Protocol)

Ports between 1024 and 29151 are known as the Registered Ports. Basically, programs are supposed to register their use of these ports and thereby try to be careful and avoid stomping on each other. Here are some common ports and their programs. Same thing applies concerning ports within this range that aren't on this list -- you never know for sure which ones are being used.

1243 SubSeven (Trojan - security risk!)
1352 Lotus Notes
1433 Microsoft SQL Server
1494 Citrix ICA Protocol
1521 Oracle SQL
1604 Citrix ICA / Microsoft Terminal Server
2049 NFS (Network File System)
3306 mySQL
4000 ICQ
5010 Yahoo! Messenger
5190 AOL Instant Messenger
5632 PCAnywhere
5800 VNC
5900 VNC
6000 X Windowing System
6699 Napster
6776 SubSeven (Trojan - security risk!)
7070 RealServer / QuickTime
7778 Unreal
8080 HTTP
26000 Quake
27010 Half-Life
27960 Quake III
31337 BackOrifice (Trojan - security risk!)

zzzonkout · #6 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

Ok, so what do I do with those numbers? I see a place to put the port number after the proxy number....what's the proxy number supposed to be?

Xcom46 · #7 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

You can use any of them really
But try these first.
49152 to 65535

Xcom46 · #8 (**permalink**) March 27th, 2008

Just found out.
Charter appears to be severely shaping certain users who probably fail in their fair use policy of bandwidth use. No official report except many reports on this forum of same problems.http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...hlight=charter
Residential HSI Acceptable Use Policy - Charter Communications
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/downlo...hlight=charter