# Limewire blocked by firewall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 2, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604 "2008-08-02T15:23:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/1 "2008-08-02T15:23:17Z")
I have Limewire (yes, I have the legit version, and YES, Limewire is considered to be legal). However, for some reason, now, no matter what I do, my firewall keeps blocking it-I take it off the list of exceptions, I put it ON the list of exceptions-but it still won’t let it through. What the HELL? I have LW version 4.18.2, and I’m using Windows XP. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/2 "2008-08-02T15:52:07Z")
The standard windows firewall or something else like ZoneAlarm? Also, are you sure it’s being blocked by the firewall, and if so how? Are you using a router? Maybe you need to forward ports. ---
**Author:** ![squeekster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/779978/32.png) [@squeekster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeekster)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/3 "2008-08-02T16:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] I have Limewire (yes, I have the legit version, and YES, Limewire is considered to be legal). However, for some reason, now, no matter what I do, my firewall keeps blocking it-I take it off the list of exceptions, I put it ON the list of exceptions-but it still won’t let it through. What the HELL? I have LW version 4.18.2, and I’m using Windows XP. [/QUOTE] I had the exact same problem. It started right out of the blue. No matter what I tried, nothing worked. I even tried getting an older version from [this site](http://www.oldversion.com/). That didn’t even work. So I uninstalled it and tried Limewire’s “brother” – [Frostwire](http://www.frostwire.com/). It works perfectly fine with no issues with my firewall. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/4 "2008-08-02T16:11:45Z")
Nope, just your regular, windows firewall. Frostwire-I’ll let you know how it turns out! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/5 "2008-08-02T16:51:30Z")
[QUOTE=Revtim] Also, are you sure it’s being blocked by the firewall, and if so how? Are you using a router? Maybe you need to forward ports. [/QUOTE] Answering these questions may help solve your problem. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/6 "2008-08-03T00:38:16Z")
I have problems with Limewire out-of-the-blue as well. I believe it is blocked from my ISP because I didn’t make any changes in my firewall or router settings. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/7 "2008-08-03T00:46:36Z")
[QUOTE=Dog80] I have problems with Limewire out-of-the-blue as well. I believe it is blocked from my ISP because I didn’t make any changes in my firewall or router settings. [/QUOTE] Probably it’s just me, but I’ve had problems lately where my piece of shit router apparently randomly decides to stop forwarding to the ports I specify until I cycle power on it. Couldn’t hurt to try cycling power on your router if you haven’t already. And in my case, simply restarting it doesn’t fix it; I have to remove power. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/8 "2008-08-03T17:39:21Z")
I’ve downloaded Frostwire, and I’ll let you guys know how it works out-thanks. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/9 "2008-08-03T17:45:52Z")
Do you have a router? See [http://www.portforward.com/](http://www.portforward.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/limewire-blocked-by-firewall/458604/10 "2008-08-03T18:31:45Z")
[QUOTE=squeekster] I had the exact same problem. It started right out of the blue. No matter what I tried, nothing worked. I even tried getting an older version from [this site](http://www.oldversion.com/). That didn’t even work. So I uninstalled it and tried Limewire’s “brother” – [Frostwire](http://www.frostwire.com/). It works perfectly fine with no issues with my firewall. [/QUOTE] I could have written this except I never tried the older version. Is it an ISP problem? I have Comcast. I also am using Vista.