I'm sorry for making a new thread for this and know how boring it must be, but I need help downloading. I have just downloaded limewire today and I actually downloaded two songs, but then earlier today it pretty much stopped downloading songs. It never moved from 0% and was still "connecting." I tried downloading from hosts of 10-20, but that didn't work.

Thank you for all the help in advance!!!

Try posting more specific info on setup first. Please try to answer all the questions.


1. What's your connection like - do you have any green bars at all?
Is there a brick wall in front of world ?

2. Do this test & see if it works. What does it say ?
http://www3.limewire.com:6346

3. What are your details

OS ? (Win XP, Mac OSX etc.)
How much free harddiskspace ?
How much RAM ?
LW & Java version ? (In Limewire press Help>about LW & you'll see)
What Firewall you're using ?
Modem/router brand & model ?
Are you using portforwarding, UPnP or nothing ? (Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall Config)
What is your listening port ? (Same as above)
ISP (Internet Service Provider) ?
Connection type ? (modem, DSL etc) + Speed Up/Down if you know
Where you connect from (home, school etc)
Are you sharing a connection with other computers
Has Limewire ever worked for you ? If so how long have you been using it ?

Have you tried using any other P2P apps & if so, do you have the same problems ?

Also include any attempts to fix this. It helps people rule things out

Thanks for helping me out Speechless! This means a lot. I am not computer savy at all... so I don't know if I will answer these questions correctly.. here is my best.

1. What's your connection like - do you have any green bars at all? I have all the green bars.
Is there a brick wall in front of world ? No there is not a brick wall.

2. Do this test & see if it works. What does it say ?
http://www3.limewire.com:6346
^ I clicked the link and it took me to a blank browser that said "Your test worked!"... I hope that is enough.

3. What are your details

OS ? (Win XP, Mac OSX etc.) Windows XP Home
How much free harddiskspace ? 16.7 GB
How much RAM ? how do I figure this out?
LW & Java version ? (In Limewire press Help>about LW & you'll see)
LW 4.12.3 and Jave 1.5.0_04
What Firewall you're using ? How do you figure this out?
Modem/router brand & model ? Speedstream 4100
Are you using portforwarding, UPnP or nothing ? UPnP which is recommended(Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewall Config)
What is your listening port ? (Same as above) Listening port is 45037
ISP (Internet Service Provider) ? SBCglobal
Connection type ? (modem, DSL etc) + Speed Up/Down if you know. DSL
Where you connect from (home, school etc)- HOME
Are you sharing a connection with other computers? No.
Has Limewire ever worked for you ? If so how long have you been using it? I downloaded some songs so I guess it did work for about 15 mins.

Have you tried using any other P2P apps & if so, do you have the same problems ? I don't know what they are... maybe..

Also include any attempts to fix this. It helps people rule things out
None really except coming here.

I tried answering all the questions best to my ability. I hope this helps you and if you explain how to figure things out I will be able to get it for you. Thanks for all your help Speechless!

If you are fully connected with no brick wall then you should be able to download

Clear all the downloads that are not downloading. Then try searching using the tips in this link. You may just be picking spamresults that do not download.

How to find music

OMG! Sleepless thanks so much it works! I did some of the steps on the link and it works now. Sorry for calling you speechless in my other post... but you have left me speechless with your work! THANKS SO MUCH!

Glad to help

LOL didn't even notice that you wrote Speechless