# Why Is Frostwire Not Connecting?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 18, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-frostwire-not-connecting/539910 "2010-05-18T17:20:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-frostwire-not-connecting/539910/1 "2010-05-18T17:20:25Z")

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I’ve started Frostwire several times today, and each time it fails to connect to the internet. Is there something I need to do to correct this?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-frostwire-not-connecting/539910/2 "2010-05-18T17:57:28Z")

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Working OK for me.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-frostwire-not-connecting/539910/3 "2010-05-18T18:07:40Z")

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> [@FriarTed](#):
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> Working OK for me.

Yeah, I’m guessing it’s something on my end-- my computer has been acting wonky on-and-off for a couple of days. But I’m able to connect just fine on my web browsers.

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**Author:** ![Jormungandr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-frostwire-not-connecting/539910/4 "2010-05-18T20:42:55Z")

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Have you checked your firewall? Once in while, a update might change the settings.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-frostwire-not-connecting/539910/5 "2010-05-18T21:40:21Z")

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I’m wondering this, too - sometimes it works fine, sometimes it just won’t connect.

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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-frostwire-not-connecting/539910/6 "2010-05-18T22:24:30Z")

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Here’s a [discussion board](http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/) that may also help answer your question. You might want to look around to see if anyone else is having issues