I have tried all of birdy's suggestions. It has not helped. I have spent about 5 hours now trying all of this and I am very frustrated. It can't be my modem or anything relating to the communication, because my laptop is using the same router, configuration etc. but I have not upgraded to the new Limewire on it and it works fine. There must be something different in the new download that wasn't there before that is causing a problem. I called my ISP and they stated it wasn't an issue with them, that it was an issue with the program. I am using a couple year old Linksys router.