Will not connect
 

Hi. I am having trouble connecting to Limewire, and I have tried everything.
I have never had this problem before. This summer I was at home, and when I connected directly to the internet by cable, it could connect, but then we bought a router, and since then I've had problems. The connection bar stopped at the first level. I thought it would work when I came back to my place, but the problem's still there. I share my router with those I live with (I have an apartment in the basement). I have windows vista. I followed a link and did everything it said. Checking Norton Internet Security (I even turned it off to see what happend), deleting and re-installing. I also tried downloading an older version (several actually) and looked for the gnutella-file to delete it. The problem is that this file doesn't exist in my limewire folder. I searched it thoroughly. I get a message from limewire every 5th minute or so: "Your machine does not appear to have an active Internet connection or a firewall is blocking LimeWire from accessing the internet. Limewire will automatically keep trying to connect you to the network unless you select "Disconnect" from the file menu."

Help me please! I'm turning crazy!:confused:

hi ya~! WHen the prompt boxes come up...saying do u want to upgrade to pro and then the next prompt asks u something...click the box to the left that says.."DONT ASK ME THIS AGAIN"...that was all it took for me to get limewire to load...past the first bar where u are stuck as I was. I wish ya luck!

Hi! I don't get the second box! I only get the box that askes about upgrading=( Don't understand what's wrong with my limewire.

Sounds like the router has made the difference to your connection issues. Some routers do not utilise UPnP very well. Which brand & exact model of router do you have? :)

BTW is there any reason you did not supply your system details in your first post? It could have saved you & us a lot of time.

Hi! The router at home is a Belkin router. I don't know more than that. I have no idea what brand the router at those I live with is. I'm not a very technical person:)

What do you mean about system details? I'm norwegian, so I'm not sure what you mean about that:)

Unfortunately Belkin routers are best port forwarded. I could give you instructions but ... I'd need to know the model number. ;)

Belkin routers do not utilise UPnP mode at all well. (UPnP means the program requests the router to open a port for it.) Without UPnP, manual port forwarding to open a port for the Belkin router is probably the only way you will get connected. :)

I'll call my parents when they come home from work later today and ask what model number it is! What will happen then the next time I'm home and use limewire on my router? Will it stop working again? Thanx for the help btw!!:D

Hopefully not stop working no. If the router is port forwarded, that only needs to be done once. But first time port forwarding can seem a little confusing to do. With model number I will probably be able to give you a link to specific instructions which will at least make it a little easier for you. :)

I forgot calling my parents:S Too much work and school that fiils my head these days! I'm pretty sure this is the router:
Belkin : 4-Port Router

Here are the steps, most important is the first one.

1. Setting up a Static ip for VISTA (this number will be used in step 2 so make a note of it)

2. Go to this page, look for Belkin at far left column, then find F5D5231-4 (#5 or 6 listed under Belkin) PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall once you find your model, click on that link, then find LimeWire listed on following page & click that. Directions are there. :) Note: in the LW settings, both listening & connection ports are best kept the same. ;)

BTW yours might be a variation of the F5D5231-4 so check which one looks most similar. eg: F5D5231-4v3

I'm at a dead end here now:)

"We need to have the correct Name Server IP addresses. If we do not, you will not be able to browse the web. There are a couple ways to get these. The first way is to log into your router's web interface, and look at your router's status page. On that page you should see an entry for DNS Servers, or Name Servers. Write down the ip adresses of your Name Servers"

How do I log into my router's web interface? I really don't know much about computers:(

It says so in the instructions. :)

Quote: "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 192.168.2.1" :)

Quote: "You should see a box prompting you for your password. Enter your password now. By default your password is blank. Click the Submit button to log in to your router." ;) ie: Don't enter anything in the password box, just press enter. :)

I actually think I've done this before! But it's not 192.168.2.1, I think it's something simpler, with 0's and 1's:P

Check the other models of Belkin then. ;) It has been known for router brands to change their log in ip addresses before. Cannot remember if this applied to Belkin.

You could always Google for information to find out any new or old log ins used by Belkin. :)

Also often the default login password is ADMIN. However that's a last resort to test if password doesn't work, unless your parents changed the password themselves. ;)

But I'm not at home now. I'm at my apartment where I study. I live in an entire differrent city, I explained it in the beginning? I have no idea what kind of router those I rent my apartment from have:S

I just downloaded the mp3 rocket, and I got full connection in seconds, so I guess I don't need limewire:D Thanx for all your help! Very nice of you to help me so much:D

Your welcome. :) But we don't support their program here so if problems you will need to go to their support. :)

So looks like the problem was not your router after all. My mistake of judgement, but only knowing that your router type is not super reliable in UPnP mode because it has been the reason for problems in past. And I'm sure whilst you are able to connect, your upload abilities are probably low. Good luck :)

The fact you searched alternatives suggests something. :) And I agree the newest versions of LW are not their best, we often suggest to users to downgrade. ;)