Firewall wont budge
 

Hi all,

would really appreciate your thoughts on this one:

Limewire indicates that a firewall is active, I have tried everything to remove it, but am at the end of my wits.

I am running Limewire on a G4 Powerbook, OS 10.3.9, have enabled UPnP on Limewire and my Belkin router, and disabled firewall in the OS.

My router is plugged into a cable modem.

Any ideas how to get rid of the firewall?

Many thanks! :idea:

Sorry, there aren't any Mac users around at the moment to help (I'm on Windows). Just check your thread from time to time & hopefully someone will be able to answer you soon.

Btw, what's the model of your Belkin?
You might need to port forward for your router but I'm not too sure about setting up a static IP for OS 10.3.9:o

Thanks for your reply birdy. I am using a Belkin F5D7231-4. I am pretty sure it is possible to set static IPS for OSX, but the whole point of UPnP should be that you dont have to go to the length of port forwarding, right?

Any more insights?
Thanks muchly.

As it turns out, port forwarding isnt such a headache after all. After a bit of googling research I have managed to port forward, set static IP and hey presto, no more firewall! Limewire is racing full steam...

I still dont understand why UPnP didnt work, but hey, I have learned by tackling the problem.

Thanks for your help birdy.

Cheers!