NEED HELP QUICKLY
 

Im in college. Dont know much about computers but im trying to get Limewire and it will not let me connect. Says something about the firewall but i think it is the server in the dorm. is there anyway i can break this or do anything to start downloading.

probably best to find out what others are using in your college and see how they do it

for gnutella i think it needs to get port 6346 through the firewall

Firewall:
A firewall is a protective mechanism that allows only computers inside the firewall to make network connections out through the firewall; it will not allow outside computers to make connections into a given computer network. If a servent outside the firewall tries to download a file from a computer inside the firewall, the firewall will prevent this connection from being made. Usually, this results in a push request message being sent to the servent inside the firewall requesting that that servent connect through the firewall and upload the desired file. If the servent requesting the file is himself behind a (different) firewall, then this upload will also be blocked, and there will be no way for the file transfer to occur.

http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml

Ok, but i think its the router. all my ports that i need are open. I think they have the router config. to block the incoming and outgoing and i was really wondering how to open that through my computer. u have to realize there are about 1000 computers on this network.

if thats the case you might be able use port tunneling

http://www.google.com.au/search?&q=p...eling+limewire

you need to know a bit of stuff about computers
if you look at the results there