LOTR this is the info u required
1.I went to the page recommended and yes it said "your test worked", nothing else happened when i went there
2.firewalls that are on in my system preferences are -personal file sharing (548, 427) - FTP access (20-21, 1024 -65535 from 20-21) - apple remote desktop (3283,5900) and gnutella/limewire (6346).
3. i am on 512kps broadband connection
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5.connecting from home
6.LM-4.9.23 JAVA-1.4.2_09
7. isp is aapt
8.i am not sharing my connection with any other computers or file sharing programs.

my firewall set is on
also it doesn't happen all the time it's like LM will only sometimes detect a firewall at the moment LM is working fine, but that is only at the moment.

YOur help is appreciated