Online Installer Test
 

We are testing our online installer for a period of time today.

If anyone installing on Windows (free version) has problems retrieving the Full Installer from the network, please post here, along with all relevant info, such as OS version (Win98, WinXP, etc), network connection type (modem, dsl, etc), ISP, System info (ram, etc), Firewall status (which firewall and what is blocked?), and anything else that seems relevant to the problem.

Thanks a bunch!

-dave-

i figured this would be posted in the beta section...

Right right...

Except that it isn't a beta test, it's for the release installer.

Edit: I suppose that would be a good place to link to this thread. =)

Edit: I suppose saying "we are testing [...]" was probably confusing. A better way to phrase this would be "We are throwing this installer into the wild for a proper, release-mode test."

-dave-

Just isn't working...
 

I am trying to install the new limewire (4.9) but it keeps giving me an error.

It gets to a part where it says "locating installer sources"

then after awhile it gives me an error saying:

LimeWire Swarmed Installer cannot locate any download sources, and will now exit.


I just put together a new computer and this is a fresh Windows XP install with Service Pack 2.

I installed the new Java 5.0 as well.

My specs are:

AMD 64 4000 San Diego 2.4 ghz 1gb Cache
1gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2. RAM Dual channel
250 GB Hard Drive
BFG 7800 GTX 256

(It isnt a hardware issue, but it never hurts to brag a little lol)

My internet is working fine (I am posting this, so it seems to be working)

... hmm, I just thought it could be my router settings.

nope, isnt the router
 

I just checked and it isnt my router causing the problem.

well i dont have access to the source code nor have i tested it thoroughly or hard enough, but port forward 6346 to your computer ip and be sure to disable firewalls and/or allow the stub installer to connect if any firewalls ask you to allow it.

but all seems to work great on my end.

Please, no more Online Installer.
 

When will you get rid of the online installer? I prefer installing things the old fashioned way. This is reminding me of World Of Warcraft patches...

I will try again tommorow to install LimeWire when the online installer is gone.

Re: Please, no more Online Installer.
 

Don't forget this installer is still under development - we appreciate your input. For the time being, we'll keep offering both installers.

Re: Re: Please, no more Online Installer.
 

We have updated the online installer - it should be posted on the website in a few minutes.

Please test with the new one and see if it fares better for you.

Thanks!

-dave-

Ill try again
 

I'll have to give this a try after work, sorry if I seemed mad, I was just frustrated that it wasn't working.

Hopefully it works and you guys lower your bandwidth.

It's a great service I can't live without. Thanks

Woolzy

Re: Ill try again
 

The current iteration of installer will revert to retrieving the full installer from our webpage shoudl the online one fail for some reason. Either way, with the new online installer, you should be able to install LW successfully.

Lemme' know if you have further problems tonight.

-dave-

AFAIK LW used to offer partial downlds for those installing/upgrading but there were often errors such as those with connection issues for one reason or another. Whilst I appreciate your reasons, I hope it has been maximised so the chances of errors are minimal & the backup mechanism to the full downld does work as hoped. Sorry if I sound pessimistic but I am aware of issues people have had in the past & hope that this system counters well for those with such issues. There always seems to be at least some few who have connection issues due to whatever reason such as packet loss, inconsistent connection quality, comp. shared time issues, etc. (Sorry if this seems loud but just being concerned for the general windows user.) At least the LW installers are much smaller than what they were in earlier version! :)

Plus ... people should install Java offline compared to the present system. And installed before LW.

Well, the current installer is designed to have minimal size and requirements. It does use a well-tested networking core (say hello to J0hn) and our uploads and connection stability have improved greatly since the past. Also, as you said the installer size is smaller, so that increases the chances too.

Currently our tests show that the installer fails for one reason or another in between 1/20 to 1/50 cases. If you happen to experience such failure or know of someone who did, please inform us!

hey zab is it suppose to start a automatic download. It is taking me to the download page. But LW is showing the firewall Icon again fore some reason LW doesn't want to port forward have only achieved success once out of 7 tries at UPnP or port forwarding.

Grandpa,

is the mini-installer doing that _every_ time? Here's how it works

1. It tries to get the full installer from Gnutella
2. If that fails, it tries to connect directly to our website
3. If that fails, it launches the web page

So, something on your system is preventing it from accessing our download server. What kind of firewall(s) do you have installed besides the router?

zab I have NIS it is configured to allow all LW. I was able to make the firewall Icon disappear by resetting router and rebooting LW says receiving incoming true but still unable to use auto update. It still just launches the web page. I haven't tried it this morning though I can uninstall 4.9.24 and reinstall 4.9.22 and try it again if you want me to.

zab just started XP 64 the version on that OS was 4.8.1 the update pop up came up but I got the same results with it it took me to the web page. I am running XP firewall on that OS. When I manually DL 4.9.24 it did not show the firewall icon. everything in the router is set to port forward to 6346 and appears to be working fine.