Why won't my AIM, Skype, or LimeWire connect to the internet even though I am connected to the internet?

Question

For a while now basically any installed program that uses the internet has not been able to connect, even though i am always connected to the internet. It says "Skype can't connect" or "Connection failed." and I'm not sure why. Please help me!!

Answer 1

if you're using some sort of public network, someone might have blocked those ports or maybe you reset your router and the ports you set to use in those apps are no longer open...go into your router settings through your web browser and see if this is the case...you can usually access it by typing 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 and your default username and password is 'admin'.