Hi
thx for your help here. Still not much luck though I have been through sticky at the top of the section without much success.
You may be right I think NTL have taken over Virgin but have not informed us that they are now our ISP. if they are shaping the traffic how can i get around this.
I have tried downloading the files you have said but limewire informs me that it is waiting for a stable connection for each of the files i have tried to download and still only get one green bar lit up.
I have a windows XP HE OS
Java v1.5.0_06
Limewire 4.11 Pro
connection 2.2mps ASDL/DSL
Modem Thomson speedtouch 330 USB PPP
I connect from home
Using Norton internet security 2006 with firewall on and Limewiire enabled
I do not share with any other computer
i have been using Limewire for about 12mths before this occured
ISp is Virgin/NTl???? who knows now. they aint very helpful
I have treid the 6346 test page and it worked.
Recently had bearshare loaded and this worked although i have now unloaded it because i want to get LW working again.
any offers here are most welcome
cheers
Neil

Do you have the XP firewall turned off? It'll conflict with Norton's firewall.
You'll need to have UPnP enabled within your modem & also ticked within LW's options > advanced > firewall config.
If your test worked, means that LW's default port isn't being blocked. I don't know that chenging ports would make any difference. Can't find any info about your modem having an internal firewall & it's not listed on the portforward page, so that shouldn't be causing a problem.

Someone else might have more ideas!