In regard to the brickwall:
Can you give us a total description of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
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 (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
12. 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?

In regard to the search (which could be connetcted to the brickwall); try to read here about license issues:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...176#post154176

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right i'm very crap at this so I hope i've got his right
os version - windows XP
firewalls - windows and norton
can't find RAM info !!
hard disk space - 131gb
connection via broadband to orange/wanadoo
modem is smartlink 56k
connecting from home and am only user and this is my first go with limewire
using limewirepro4.12.6 and java 1.4.2
oh and your test worked!