thanks on the info about the filters. I got that out of the faq's that were listed for new users and I had no idea that it was old info. My router is a linksys wrt54gsv5. my static ip is set in the router. if there is a place in limewire to set the static I cant locate it and if you could provide the path I would really appreciate it. I just wanted to thank you sleepless for your assistance. It is really nice to join a forum and have someone respond so quickly.