can't connect
 

can connect correct; firewall, not firewire LOL
 

have firewall not firewire, i'm crazy

Do you seriously think they are going to tell you they are secretly filtering or blocking your use of p2p without your permission. In my country you could potentially take action over such a low move of limiting services without your knowledge.

As far as your connection goes, well we'll need some more details:
Can you give us a total desciption of your set up: 1. OS version,
2. What firewalls you have,
3. ram, 4. HDD space available,
5. Connection type,
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers,
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
These details are vital if you want us to find out what your connection problem is.

Yo could try these things: Fixes for Limewire or the beta 4.3.3: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/beta.shtml

connecting
 

i'm not sure how to find all these things out. i have windows me, amd athlon mp, 512 ram, 80 gig hard drive. i have lucent win modem, connected to cax cable, connecting from home, have no problems at work with my dsl . i dont know how to check for firewalls or find ports. sorry i dont understand these things, you can tell me where to find them, thanks for your help

You could try forcing ip using port 6346: Force IP instructions & sample image

Another option to test things out is by a suggestion here: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=32882