Port Forwarding

[wioneo]

In the port forwarding page for Limewire, it says that you can use any port between 10,000 and 60,000 does that actually meany ANY port(35000, for example) or is there a list to choose from?

EDIT: Also, how do I know what to type in the address bar? I typed in the number on the port forward page, but that doesn't work

[birdy]

There's a good range of ports to use here
Alternative Ports

Have you been using this site for port forwarding?
http://www.portforward.com/
If your router's listed there, you'll find step by step instructions. Could you explain your problem a bit more?

[wioneo]

Yes, that is the site that I am using. I'll check that link...

EDIT: Also, I checked the default port with someone's signature and it worked.

[birdy]

The default port for LW's 6346, you could just use that unless you're concerned that your ISP is traffic shaping or blocking p2p through some ports.

[wioneo]

I have no problem downloading; I can get speeds over 100kbs, but I can't direct connect.

EDIT: Actually, I USED TO get speeds over 100 kbps, but since I've started trying to fix this firewall thing, I've only got around 30. but I probably just got slow hosts...

[birdy]

Well I'd say you'd be ok using port 6346 then, if you want to. Have you made sure that your software firewall's configured?
Firewall setup

[wioneo]

Yes, I am using the Windows firewall now, but I still see a few McAfee processes lurking in the list. It's the crappy AOL version of McAfee, by the way.

[wioneo]

WOW! I have no idead how, but the brickwall is gone! yay! I geuss I'll experiment a little to see what killed it...

[birdy]

Sometimes it takes a little while (half hour or so) for the firewall icon to go away after making any changes.

[wioneo]

Well, the wall is dead, but it still says that I am behind a router/firewall. and it still fails to connet to people. Why is this happening?