Proxy Help

[;lkj]

What is the best proxy server to use with limewire and how do you set it up?

[trap_jaw4]

I would try your ISP's http proxy.

There are few public proxies and none of them are fast enough to make your p2p experience worth your while.

[;lkj]

i cant connect when i do that. limewire says that there is no connection available, i wanted to know of one that has worked for others

[NWSlacker]

I hate adding to the already long pile of messages about connection problems, I've tried numerous things, but just can't seem to make a connection with any P2P software...

I am using OS X 10.3.x and Limewire 4.0.4

I am on a school network which uses a secure HTTP proxy

I am using NTLM Authorization Proxy Server v.0.9.8 in order to get around some of the authentication problems that I had with other internet applications.

With this program running, I just enter 127.0.0.1:8080 as the proxy server in just about any application and it will connect to the internet, however, this is not so with Limewire...

I did run the purger.jar file to purge the limewire settings, but this made no difference. I tried a port scan on the school's proxy server, but don't see the default limewire port (6346) as being open. Regardless, I did try with a few random ports but I have the same symptoms.

I am manually connecting limewire and not letting it auto-connect on startup, as suggested...

I do have a gad of files in the shared folder, and Limewire does report them as being there.

I decided to enter my ISP's Proxy information into Limewire, and what I get is a big list of servers, it tells me that it's connecting, and then the time ticks up forever without there actually being a connection made...

I must say that my experience with Limewire has been only happy ones up till now. It did work just fine for me at home and at a few other places... I think that this is a solid product...

I blame my current connection problems on a configuration problem, either in the preferences of the LAN here... But, if someone can get this thing working with me, I would be really really impressed and happy... But I am understandign that the LAN here might be a barrier.

[stupididiot69er]

NWSlacker, try disabling your proxy and check if limewire works.
I'm not familiar with which proxies are good, bad etc. I don't have one.

[NWSlacker]

I disabled the NTLM Authentication proxy on my mac, and absolutely nothing works.

Without the NTLM Authentication, I am unable to connect to the internet.

LimeWire works even worse than before with this disabled, it won't even generate a list of available servers. At least with the NTLM authentication turned on it generates a list of servers, it just can't connect to any of them.

[stupididiot69er]

turn it back on, and check limewires prefs to make shure limewire knows about the proxie

[NWSlacker]

Oh ya... Limewire knows about the proxy... It has the same proxy information as MSN Messenger and my web browser... It just doesn't work nearly as well as they do...

I konw that the proxy is being recognized because at least a server list is generated. This list is not generated when the proxy information is missing or non existent.

I do get a list, and it says that it's trying to connect to these servers, but the time just goes on forever... The attached picture shows this...

[stupididiot69er]

does your shcool allow p2p networking?

[NWSlacker]

The LAN at this building was designed by a volunteer who didn't really know what he was doing. The LAN is maintained by a volunteer elderly man who doesn't exactly know how it works. Basically the system is self sustaining somehow, if a problem occures, a faculty member simply resets the equipment and all is made well... The school does not allow students to have any access to the equipment or controls.

I asked about P2P sharing, and they basically had not position.... They basically told me that if it works, good for me, if it doesn't, too bad for me. They don't care if I use such applicaitons or not, however they will not make adjustments to the network settings because "it's working, and we're afraid that if we make any adjustments, it will cease to function as well as it does now"... I tried to convince them to open ports 109, 110, 25, 143, 993 and 995 so that students could use mail readers, but that request was denied. So we can only check e-mail if there is a web based interface...

So, I'm not afraid of school policy, but I would be pleased if I could get this to work at all... I'm not aware of any other students in the building who have ever gotten P2P to work for them, so maybe it's impossible. I just happen to be more stubborn than most before I give up.