i tried to reproduce the prolem. didn't work. i have 9.2 with mrj 2.2.5 and limewire 2.9.10.

limewire runs smoothly, although slow.

i don't think it's an issue with the internet connection. i assume you have good web, email, ftp and you have NO router of firewall, yes?

next thing i would probably do is uninstall/clean re-install 2.9.10 (what versions of limewire do you guys run anyway).

if this still doesn't work: clean re-install of the OS.

if this still doesn't work, it might be an issue with the OS version, and i'd try installing the newest 9.x. or of course trash the vintage cripple os and get os X instead...