I have tried reading every post on here that i can find about connection issuses. I have done all the things I have read about and still unable to connect. Can someone please assist me in what i should do. I am not really all that computer smart so the kindergarten instructions work best with me. I think i should answer one of the questionaires I saw on here about what i have and don't have so maybe someone can help me.

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
Windows XP

2. What firewalls you have?
Avast is the only one I know of...

3. How much ram?
Who tells you that cause i am not sure...

4. Hard Disk space available?
Where would I figure this out?

5. Connection type?
wireless

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
Not sure where this information comes from either?

7. Where are you trying to connect from?
home

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have?
Dwnloaded and paid for PRO cause it suddenly will not work so I thought that it would now but uh I was wrong

9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
Comcast?

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 "Internet explorer could not display"

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs?
don't really know

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
New problem never had issuses with it before

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface?
Yes

14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled?
I think that is one of the things I read and tried and it said yes

15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall
Avast?

16. What country are you living in?
United States.

I hope this helps to figure out the problems cause I am lost.

I'm not really a "techie" either, but am now relieved to have gotten limewire going agian after much frustration. I was experiencing problems connecting for a long time and suspected my isp (Comcast). I attempted all the other suggestions from changing ports to proxies - no dice.

The heart of the problem was my wireless router which came pretuned with a firewall. It's a Belkin Wireless G -Just needed to go to the router's homepage (not the company's, the router's - yes it has one) and turn it off.

It was clear after examining the log file from the router this was the issue as there were 100's of lines of "IP SPOOFING" - I think this is the result of limewire connecting to peers.

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Ok so the wireless thing you are referring to and the great picture helps... but how do I get to that screen? A website I look up or is it something on my computer?

hi , all my downloads are queued , anybody else had this???

thanks


tony

Most wireless router's are built/programmed with a homepage that you must navigate to. So it's technically not on the internet, but in the router itself. You must find the address (to type into your browser) for the router.

Do this by going to your "start menu", and select "run".

In the small "run" window that appears where it asks what you want to open,
type in "CMD" - an abbreviation to get to the command prompt.

A black window appears, type in "IPCONFIG" without the quotes and press enter.

Note that line that reads "Default gateway" - that is the address to you router. Plug it into your browser.. normally it's like 168.192.#.# format for most routers. So in the browser you'd put like "http://192.168.#.#"

That should take you to your router homepage. From there you need to login...your are your own from that point, so if you don't know the login info, you might have to find the little pin hole on the router to reset it back to factory settings with the default user info...normally like Login: "administrator" , pw="password" ,

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Good luck.