First thank you for the information.

Second, I'm a bit confused. If Limewire 4.14 worked fine without using port forwarding than why won't Limewire 4.16 work without having to use port forwarding? I'm using the same Netgear router and never had any issues with connecting until upgrading to 4.16. So logic dictates that this is an issue within the Limewire program itself and not something on my end. Correct?