xp firewall preventing downloads from me
 

I am running winxp sp2 with only the win firewall. Have checked "Recieved incoming this session" which reads 'false' so I know others can't get thru the firewall to download from me. Have opened TCP & UDP ports as described in LW user guide. what else can I do so that people can download from me??
Please help! Basic terms please, am clueless when it comes to this stuff.

Have you tried completely disabling it just to see if LW will connect?
Were are you trying to connect from? Home? Work? University?

Am connecting from home, my connection is fine...usually"excellent". Yes, I have turned off the firewall but still no-one can download. I'm sure they're trying as there have been so many hits on my music.

What type of connection do you have & does it include a router? What models of devices do you use? For you to be able to dwnld but people having difficulty dwnlding from you sounds like a router issue. To my limited knowledge firewalls tend to limit both ways. (Just out of curiousity which patch did you use for SP2, was it the MS one or one of the others?)

I have ADSL connection. No router. Modem.Speeds 1.5Mbps downstream, 256Kbps upstream.
I used the MS patch.

Try changing the port in Lw (and of course in your firewall too). Try something like 10500

Could you explain how to do this, please?

Ok, ignore my last post. Have changed ports in Limewire & firewall to 10500... will see what happens.

What type of firewall are you using? XP has one, do you hve another like Norton or something? (You may also need to port forward.)

I have only the win firewall. If I need to port fwd I'll need some instructions!

What models of modem & router do you use? Instructions (or links to) can be found here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=25119 If you can provide further details perhaps we can help you thru the steps. Within LW you'd need to enter the port you'er using for LW into BOTH the Port option & Firewall port option & tick the Force IP option. These can be found under LW's menu Tools-Options-Advanced & both the Port & Firewall options.

I have a NetComm NB1300 ADSL modem, no router.

See here for NetComm NB1300: http://portforward.com/netcomm/nb130...forwarding.htm

Can I try the Force IP option on it's own, or does it have to be done after port forwarding?

You can try it, but the blockage is probably in your device. You need to do both! In LW go to menu Tools-Options-Advanced & in both Port & Firewall, enter the same port no. (Use 6346 but must be the same as the one you use for port forwarding on your device!) & tick the option box for Force IP. Press both the Apply & OK buttons.

Have set up a static ip address so I can use port forwarding. When I enter my ip address into my browser (to set up port fwd), I get a problem report saying the system was unable to communicate with the server(TCP error).
Since making changes, there have been ch ch changes in the numbers in the 'locations' column of my library. Originally all zeroes, they all became ones & now are twos. ?? Make it so, number two!
Will try to continue with port fwd & see what happens.
My brain hurts.

I don't know what the no.'s in location represent. I have at least one with 1 & the rest seem to be zero with a quick look but I've so many folders it'd take foreveer to check them all. Have you had any hits? et voilà might know what's going on there.

LW user guide says:"Locations (number of hosts from which you downloaded the file + number of hosts to whom the file has been
uploaded)".
Yes, I've had lots of hits( up to 53 on some stuff ) but no uploads yet. The numbers in the locations column are now 5.

Have you checked your statistics & advanced stats? Also do another Bug Report & is Received incoming this session: True? And just above that, Number of Active Uploads: ? Number of Queued Uploads: ?

OK, 'recieved incoming this session' is false.
Queued uploads = 0
Active uploads = 1(yippee)

In advanced stats: only looked at uploads
Requests URN get total = 22
Responses normal total = 22
Request methods get total = 22
General - completed responses = 1
completed file transactions = 1

Does this mean anything?? Still can't do port fwd, will try again tomorrow.

I've done port fwd. Hope this lets others download.
LOTR, thanks for your help & patience!!

netcomm nb1300
 

I recently churned to Netspace and am using their Netcomm nb1300 plus 4 ADSL modem.

It was blocking limewire through its firewall as described above and Port Forwarding fix worked a treat.

Add Port Forwarding under the Admin configuration page,



6346 6346 6346 127.0.0.1 TCP