8 replies to this topic

[Ian21]

HI everyone, got a little problem, im round my mates putting limewire basic on his pc, everything downloaded ok but upon opening limewire basic, for some reason the connection quility wont connect, ive turned off the firewalls which i thought might be the problem, but it isnt, any of you got any ideas.

thanx peeps

ian

[ForYouToEnvy]

Try restarting the pc then give limewire a couple of mins to connect, while your waiting for limewire to connect minimize it incase there is any virus checker/management prog asking to allow limewire access to internet in background

[baz]

Can't remember what version, but you might need to do File/Connect first.

[richy76]

It might be down to his ISP.
Some providers throttle P2P connections because they dont want people filesharing & taking all the server speed from regular internet users.
Also Limewire & the likes i wouldnt use unless you want virus.
Torrents are much better & safer.
Download a program called utorrent & search for "torrents" in google & you should find sites quite easily.

[todd1970]

Use limewire for single MP3's "ONLY" never programs..movies or games.

Use Torrents for all the rest.

So my mate told me ye understand as i would never do anything like that.

[frig]

You proberly have a router that needs port forwarding set up. See if the router is here PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall and follow the instructions.

[todd1970]

You proberly have a router that needs port forwarding set up. See if the router is here PortForward.com - Free Help Setting up Your Router or Firewall and follow the instructions.

Wouldnt have thought so frig..as i am on a router and i never had any probs connecting to the network without opening a port for it.

I do have a port open for my mates Utorrent program though.

[richy76]

It will be the ISP like i said above, a lot of them do it, i was with BT & my torrents were slow as hell, now with Talktalk & there flying & its still the same line.

[ForYouToEnvy]

if your only after mp3s/music vids try using bearflix, you get far more hits then with limewire... thats what a mate told me:angel: