I have gotten it to work a few times but not often. It will connect to fair but only for a short while. It's really starting to **** me off. I am running osx, I don't know about the firewall but suspect it's ok since I can connect sometimes, I am on a cable modem, connecting from home. I have used lw before and never had a problem but now this.

I deleted my preferences and that helped for the first time I connected after that but then nothing. I downloaded something for java that was supposed to help but it didn't. I don't know what else to do. Thanks for any help.

Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?

Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: OS 10.3.9)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider?

1. OS 10.3.9
2. Whatever comes on a mac nothing has been added
3. don't know
4. don't know
5.cable
6. unsure
7.home
8.lw 4.8.1 java 1.4.2_05
9.cox communications

Like i said I have been able to connect a couple of times but it's very random. And yes the test worked.

So, any ideas?

Are you aware Cox is known for blocking or filtering LW speeds/connections: ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire

I can only work with the info you've provided. You failed to answer some of the questions about connection devices.

Try another port number. Go to LW's preferences >Advanced>Firewalls & change the listening port to another like 1203, 80, 20282, 443 (don't forget to press apply after each one.) And after changing it for each one, go to File>Connect or disconnect & wait a min, then connect. Give each one at least 15 mins to try to connect. This is in case Cox is filtering particular ports.

I appreciate the help. I don't know what the modem or router numbers are. I just know it works fine at all my friends house with cable internet but not at mine. Like I said before it has connected it's just won't now. The two times it did connect the best the quality got to was fair.

It looks like my modem is "cable modem pcx2200" if that helps.