Limewire download problems
 

I have had Limewire for around a year now and never had any problems with it untill recently. Anything i click to download doesn't, it has a really low download speed 0-3kbs and says it will take 2 days to download. It ends up flicking off saying that there arnt enough sources. These files arnt big just your average 3,500kb music files, and it's becoming a real pain for dowloading music. Any advice would be apriciated, thanks.

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So let's make it easy for everyone...the details that we need if we're going to be able to help with complex problems are:

Cut n paste Just these Questions,put your answers in bold text Thank You.

1. what OS version (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista) ?
2. What firewalls you have ?
3. How much ram ?
4. Hard Disk space available ?
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) ?
6.Modem what brand name & model numbers ?
7.Router brand name & model numbers ?
8. Where are you trying to connect from (house, apartment complex, school, student accommodation, work, etc.) ?
9. What version,LimeWire & Java, are you using. Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.?
10. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ?
11. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ?
12. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
13. Is this your 1st try at LW, or is this a new problem with an experienced user.?
14. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ?
15. Have you given full permissions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ?
16. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.?
17. In Start & remove Programs, Is this update Installed, "Security Update for Windows XP (KB931261)" ?
If Windows Updates are not seen, Tick the box at top of page, (show updates)
18. Are you using Manual Port faward in LimeWire OR UPnP ?
You can check HERE, IN LimeWire Go, Tools/options/advanced/firewall Config

This information can be vital
For instance, some ISPs are known for blocking p2p/throttling bandwidth,
some connection devices are known for being unreliable in certain situations.

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same problem
 

Hi Mick

I am having the same sort of problems, the music is ok to dl, but I am unable to dl any movies. It says 95 sources avail, the dl box appears, then it shows connecting..... counting up till 95, then says more sources needed.....Any Help appreciated.

1. what OS version (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista) ? XP HOME
2. What firewalls you have ? ZONEALARM 7.0
3. How much ram ? 1GB
4. Hard Disk space available ? 65GB
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) ? BROADBAND
6.Modem what brand name & model numbers ? NONE
7.Router brand name & model numbers ? NETGEAR DG834G
8. Where are you trying to connect from (house, apartment complex, school, student accommodation, work, etc.) ? HOUSE
9. What version,LimeWire & Java, are you using. Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.? L/W 4.13.0 PRO & JAVA 1.6.0_1
10. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ? TALKTALK
11. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ? YOUR TEST WORKED
12. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? NO
13. Is this your 1st try at LW, or is this a new problem with an experienced user.? I’VE MANAGED TO DL SONGS BUT TRYING TO DL VARIOUS MOVIES AND BEEN UNABLE TO DO SO.
14. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ? YES
15. Have you given full permissions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ? YES
16. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.? WINDOWS FIREWALL OFF
17. In Start & remove Programs, Is this update Installed, "Security Update for Windows XP (KB931261)" ? YES INSTALLED 10/05/07
If Windows Updates are not seen, Tick the box at top of page, (show updates)
18. Are you using Manual Port faward in LimeWire OR UPnP ? UPnP
You can check HERE, IN LimeWire Go, Tools/options/advanced/firewall Config

Many thanks

As soon as I saw your first post I guess that your isp might be the issue. Find TalkTalk here ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire. I think it depends what time of day you use it. They shape p2p bandwidth over various hours of the day. So why did it happen suddenly? They don't apply this universally. They apply it to certain groups of users who they detect using up a lot of bandwidth for p2p reasons. So eventually they detected you using it for a period of time & decided to apply the breaks. :(

Hi, thanks for the reply. I wasn't really clear enough in my post. I am currently on AOL, but that ends tonight, and will be talktalk from tomorrow, will that make a difference to my post?

Sorry for confusion, I'm new to this! :o

That means that you might run into new problems when you switch your ISP. Let's wait and see.

If you can download music fine, but have problems with movies, I would suspect that you're running into fake files. They are extremely common in the video and program sections of LW. Check movie files with Bitzi. If Bitzi does not have a record of the file, it's probably fake (especially if it has many sources).

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=37676

Hope this helps :D

Dan

1. what OS version (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX, Vista) ? XP
2. What firewalls you have ? Norton, windows turned off
3. How much ram ? 504 MB
4. Hard Disk space available ? 60GB
5. Connection type (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) ? Broadband
6.Modem what brand name & model numbers ? Belkin ADSL modem with wireless G router
7.Router brand name & model numbers ? Belkin no apparent model number
8. Where are you trying to connect from (house, apartment complex, school, student accommodation, work, etc.) ? house
9. What version,LimeWire & Java, are you using. Go to L/W's Help/About L/W, THIS show both LW & Java version.? LW 4.12.11 Java 1.6.0_01
10. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider) ? AOL
11. Do this test click here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ should say 'Your test worked!. What happens ? YOUR TEST WORKED
12. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. Wireless Network connecting 2 laptops and a computor.
13. Is this your 1st try at LW, or is this a new problem with an experienced user.? New Problem with an experianced user.
14. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface ? Yes
15. Have you given full permissions for LimeWire to pass through your Firewall ? Yes
16. XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.? Off
17. In Start & remove Programs, Is this update Installed, "Security Update for Windows XP (KB931261)" ? Yes
If Windows Updates are not seen, Tick the box at top of page, (show updates)
18. Are you using Manual Port faward in LimeWire OR UPnP ? UPnp

Thanks

Limewire
 

FOR SOME REASON MY LIMEWIRE DOESNT WANT TO WORK . IT HAS THREE GREEN BARS AND TWO RED BARS DONT NO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I SERIOULY NEED HELP.:xeri_ok1ani:

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I have the same problem, I used to download nicely with limewire and since I switched to telenet and got a router I still have all five bars light blue and no firewall but it goes at 1KB/sec

I opened the port in my router settings, I added limewire to the list of exeptions for my windows firewall and realy don't have a clue what more I can do about it..

sincerely yours
Jacco;