Hello everyone....since i'm new to this, please excuse any stupid questions!!

i've been using LW for quite a while now and as of a couple of days ago started experiencing these connection problems...with the following error message everytime I attempt to search for new audio files....

LIMEWIRE IS CURRENTLY CONNECTING TO THE NETWORK. YOUR SEARCH MAY NOT RETURN MANY RESULTS UNTIL YOU ARE FULLY CONNECTED TO THE NETWORK.

I'm not sure if this is a part of the firewall issue, but i don't think so, since i have put LW as one of the exceptions on my firewall program.....any help would be greatly appreciated....thanks!!