New User Firewall
 

Took me quite a while to get Uploads working but have a question
the firewall icon that comes up with the World, it seems to turn itself on & off, is this normal?

If this happens after 15 mins then your modem/router device's UPnP may be unreliable. In that case, manual port forwarding may be necessary.
As Sphinx suggested, you may also need to configure your computer's software firewall if you haven't done so already. Instructions for this & the above point can be found in the 1st Sticky in the Connection Problems section of the forum.

Another reason it may happen is if LW is over-worked. If you open LW & resume all of your incomplete files by using the Resume/Find Sources function, then this may make LW struggle if you have many incomplete files. This will queue your files for much, much longer. A queued file means LW is too busy to handle it. And on some people's systems, resuming all files at once can not only make LW struggle by using up all its resources, but may also use up your computer's resources & may affect the communication between your computer system & your connection device. If using the Resume/Find Sources function, apply it to only 1-3 files at one time. ;)

Downloaded Limewire from one of the download sites,c-net I think, Limewire Version 4.10.9 Pro, Java 1.5.0_06 Windows XP, Serv.pack 2 Linksys router(wired), cable modem, the 6346 port test says its fine. Using Windows Onecare Firewall. Uploads are random and bunched together. Iv'e disabled my firewall to see if the Limewire firewall icon changed and it didn't. It seems to have a mind of its own.

And thanks, I do tend to resume all my downloads at once,will take your advice and have tried the steps to confiqure my router and firewall as outlined.

Turn window's XP firewall off if you're using another firewall. Even MS recommend not using another firewall with their own.

You didn't specify which linksys device you're using. There's many models & one or 2 work not as well as the rest. Did you enable UPnP on your Linksys device? If you use a Linksys WRT54G then please say as this model has problems.

Windows Firewall is off, Linksys BEFSR41 ver.3, UPnP is on and the service is started.

Sphinx, Lord of the Rings, Thanks a lot, routers UPnP seemed to be the problem, although it was on. Found an alternative to static ip address. under "application & gaming" select "UPnP forwarding" enter "listening Port#" for UDP & one for TCP check enable box and first ip address, now it stays open. Thanks again for all your help.
jjrcom3

My Mac Mini OSX has the same problem...but, it is newly happening
 

We use 10.3.9 and paid for Limewire Pro.

The brick wall icon now covers the globe icon.

I have read all of the posts, but still do not understand what to do.

Is it a poor download of Pro ?

What is the usual number of downloaded songs people do ?

I am upset because I paid for Pro and it is slower that the unpaid mode. Please advise.

Thanks, Coline in Calgary, AB Canada

coline3bettson make sure if you have OSX firewall turned on that it is configured to allow LW full access. Also make sure your modem/router has UPnP enabled. Instructions here Connection problems? Check here first! (click on link)

Since you didn't specify your connection device brand & model I can not give you specific advice but point you where to find the info.

thank you Lord of the ings...but
 

Still no clue...could you call me on the phone ( collect) and walk me through this ?

Canada is a long way from middle earth & the international call rates would be enormous. Particularly since I don't live on this planet, I'm just visiting ... just passing thru. lol :D

It's not as difficult as you may think. 1st, see http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=52529 which is almost identical to Panther's firewall.

Next, look at the Universal Plug & play (UPnP) section of the link I gave in my last post. That will give you a clue to enable UPnP.

BTW as an OSX user, you don't really need your firewall active. I didn't have it active for a couple of years without issue. I since activate it now & then, but not necessarily all the time.

Spoke too soon, now if I restart the firewall Icon dosen't appear for a half hour, restart again, the same. If a restart fixes the problem, its got to be the computer not the router, am I correct?

Y E S ! ! !
 

Thank you so much Lord of the Rings...the brick wall is gone & the speed is back ! All I did, from what you suggested is :
remove the firewall under preferences. Only the family uses this Mac, so it was not needed.
peace !
Coline, in Calgary

coline3bettson good to hear. :)

jjrcom3 when you use LW, do you resume all your incomplete files simultaneously using the Resume/Find Sources function?

Do you have many incomplete files?

The reason I'm asking is doing this can put stress on both LW, your computer & router. It can affect the communication between your router & computer. I'd recommend only applying the Resume function to 1-3 files at a time. More effective to finding sources is searching the topic file again.

BTW if you're concerned about the UPnP & LW communicating with your router to open the port, perhaps manual port forwarding might solve the issue. This would mean the port will already be open within the router without communication b/w LW & the router necessary. Instructions here if you choose this option: Linksys BEFSR41-v3 manual port forwarding

Thanks Lord of the Rings, for some reason its been alright the last 20 hours. I'm reluctent to port forward because I have to change every computer(3) on the network, right. I have just reduced my download limit to 4, lets see what happens, thanks.

You would only need to port forward on the other computers if they also use LW. But if they do, they would need a different port to be port forwarded; ie: one port for each one that uses LW. eg: port 6346 for one, perhaps 42628 or something for the next, etc.
If more than one computer on the network is using LW at one time, then that may have some type of effect also. You might want to consider this patch if you use XP http://www.lvllord.de/