Last nite, fabion and I were each able to do DC and DL files from each other! Today, my friend and I have double checked and reconfigured everything we can think of... tried again... still NO JOY!

The setup of each 2Wire local gateway:

Using 6346 port forwarding: TCP and UDP setup AOK.
UPnP enabled.

Friends Public IP: 64.172.45.___
Friends Private IP: 172.1*.**.**, inside firewall.

My Public IP: 64.172.181.___
My Private IP: 172.1*.**.**, coincidentally same IP in my LAN as friend's in other LAN.

(Coincidentally, we use the same ISP = SBC.)

The setup of each LimeWire PRO:

Options... Advanced... Firewall config:

Port= 6346
UPnP enabled.

No proxy.


The results:

We can use Direct Connect and see each other's shared files list AOK!

Speed shows Cable/DSL. Four stars. Both sides. AOK!

Received incoming this session = true (on both sides, AOK!)

We both have 5 ultrapeers, connected for more than 20 minutes.

Remaining problems:

Try to DOWNLOAD, result:
Queued... then: Connecting... then: Waiting for sources... then:
Need More Sources... (BOO!)

Click on a file in the list, do a Browse host, result: 172.1*.**.**:6346 (BUG?)

Cannot do a Host chat, it's grayed out. (Why?)

What to try next?

• Call the ISP, ask about port 6356 throttling?
• What are the recommended timeout values for TCP and UDP?
• Wait a few hours and keep trying?
• Anything else???