What's the brand & model of your modem???:D

the brand is gateway the only thing about the model i can come up with is that its an ESSENTIAL

See if you can find the model somewhere. See the jpeg below, these are the Gateway models listed on portforward.com's page. Yours might be one of them:)

i've found that its a Gateway 56K AC-Link Voice Modem and i didnt see that on the list. i dont know if thats the correct information but its all i could find but either way i want to thank you for having the patience in dealing with me in all this

Ok, I think you're talking about a modem within the computer, rather than an external modem that plugs in to your computer. Might have to ask some other people to look at this thread!
Stay tuned....;)

I think you are using an internal modem. I doubt it has a firewall in it. Have you called your ISP and asked if they block or filter P2P networks. Also are you running any of the new Microsoft Beta security software. Does your ISP supply a firewall with your service.

Edit: I did a Internet search of your ISP the page said they supplied one type of protection against viruses. Ask them if this protection is a firewall.

i havent talked to my ISP yet but i will and i will get back to you on that but i dont think it is a firewall because there are rare occasions where my limewire will connect for a few minutes and the firewall icon disappears i dont know if that is revalent to this problem but maybe and i dont think i have any Microsoft Beta security software, i usually dont have anything that is beta.

There are patches you can download for SP2 to help with connections.
This link courtesy of LOTR:)
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...419#post105419

i tried the patch your talking about but still nothing

You said you had turned your firewall off, but have you configured it in any case to allow LW? Configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other); Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)