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| Connection Problems Problems getting the LimeWire or WireShare program connecting to the Gnutella network.
(not about connecting to files, that is a Download/Upload Problems section issue.) Please supply system details as described in the forum rules.
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April 14th, 2008
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 Trouble Connecting please help Hi everyone. My Limewrie will not connect to the network and shows that the program has detected a firewall even though my ZoneAlarm is set to allow Limewire to access the internet and Windows Firewall is turned off. Anybody know what I can do about this?  |
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April 14th, 2008
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April 15th, 2008
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| 1. OS version? XP 2. What firewalls you have? ZoneAlarm 3. How much ram? 510 MB 4. Hard Disk space available? 71.7 GB 5. Connection type? Broadband 6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Netgear DG834G 7. Where are you trying to connect from? House 8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? Limewire 4.16.6, Java 1.6.0_05 9. Who is your ISP? Pipex/Homecall 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? '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. Experience user 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 is enabled 15. What security programs are you using? AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 16. What country are you living in? UK |
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April 15th, 2008
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| I think your problem is your ISP, Pipex/Homecall. See ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire & find it on the list. Look for suggestions or links within it to other threads which suggest how best to deal with the problem.  |
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April 16th, 2008
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| I visited this website Security Scan as the ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire page instructed me to do and I scanned all the ports from 0 to 65000 and didn't find a single open port. What do you suggest I do next? |
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April 16th, 2008
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| I found those tests can be a little deceiving at times. For example, UPnP routers will close ports for receiving unless a particular program with UPnP abilities requests the router to open the port whilst the program is open. So ... if I had LW port set to a particular port, then it may actually show as being open by the test. For some confusing reason I found this to be true with port forwarded devices also. * Edit: What i meant was I needed to have LW open with the port setting to the particular port for the test to work. If LW was not open, then the test would say the port was closed. And this seemed to apply to both UPnP and router manually port forwarded to the specific port. Perhaps this was just a particular router or mac issue. I don't know. Last edited by Lord of the Rings; April 17th, 2008 at 01:43 PM. |
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April 17th, 2008
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April 17th, 2008
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| I tried port 80 as you said Ursula and it still doesn't work. Anybody know what I should try next? |
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