i am on a network and my PC always has the firewall icon in limewire, usually the green bars hang around 3 but occasionaly all are lit.

here are the questions

1. OS version? WinXP home
2. What firewalls you have? Just the router
3. How much ram? 1.5Gb
4. Hard Disk space available? 400Gb
5. Connection type? ADSL
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Dlink DSL G604T
7. Where are you trying to connect from (Home)
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (LW=4.12.6 Java=1.5.0_07)
9. Who is your ISP provider Supernerd
10. Do this simple test for us. (Your test worked)
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. (one other computer connected to router
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. (New problem)
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? (Yes)

Regards,
Peter