system details, xp home, zone alarm firewall, 512 ram 75% hard disk, ethernet broadband, dsl 302G, connecting from house. limewire 4.9.23 pro, java 1.6.0_01, my provider is optus, I have done the test and its fine, i have a brick wall showing , yet last night i had no trouble connecting and nothing has changed. i have been using limewire with no problems up till now, and am not sharing computers or programs, i have avg virus and i live in australia, I have shut down the firewall to see if it made a difference and it didnt help at all