In my case it is not in getting an initial connection but keeping it. I will connect, then start downloads, come back later and find that some of the downloads are still going, some not, and I am not connected to the network at all. I then hit connect and I may or may not get connected. It seems pretty haphazard to me and I found a system other than Limewire that holds a connection much better so am using that now. Thanks for the post.