Yes it makes a difference AFAIK. The manual portforward number should be the same as the listening port.

Yeah and I mistook the IP settings with the Http settings....
Though your firewall should be configured with TCP and UDP in accurance with the listening port (and the manual port forward).

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Ok, so should I change the listening port value, or the manual port forward value?

I followed instruction in one of these threads, that instructed me to do some kind of crap with the firewall port configurations. I don't think there should be an issue there, but i don't know.

The default port of LW is 6346, so both (listening and manual port forward) should be the same.
As for the firewall, it can have an effect if it is not configured properly.
Right-click you Network Connection, which should be the Local Area Connection, then go to Properties and in the General Tab you click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then Properties. There you should check whether the IP and Submask is the same as the ones you have, if they aren't type in the ones you have.
Then go to Advanced>Settings and add the listening port 6346 as TCP once and then as UDP once and then click okay. Could be that you have to reconnect to the internet. See if that changes something.
Oh, almost forgot,....after you changed the manual port and the listening port to the same number, close LW and then follow the steps above.

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OK...here's what I did, and it still doesn't work...

1. Changed listen port value in LW to match the manual port forward value to 6346. Then, I clicked apply, and closed LW

2. In Windows, I went to Network connections> Local Area Connection> Properties> Advanced> Settings> Advanced> Highlighted Local Area Connection> Settings> Saw 2 selections for Gnutella, both checkmarked.

3. Highlighted first Gnutella selection (UDP), and hit edit> The Settings there were as follows: Name: My Computer Name / ext. port: 43004 / int. port: 43004. I changed my computer name value to reflect my exact IP address, and changed both port values to 6346. I also did the same for the other Gnutella selection (TCP). I clicked Ok in all windows, to make sure the settings had taken.

Note: Strangely enough, when I went back to double-check...the value where I had input my IP address, had reverted back to my computer name. I figured it had to do with the computer name, and IP address being the same, I guess. I dunno...Now, in the firewall instructions provided to learn how manipulate these values under this link: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml. In step 15, this list suggests using the IP address of 127.0.0.1....I tried that, too. But it reverts back to my computer name again. Could this have anything to do with it?

I also tried a few other things, such as enabling/disabling proxy, while making sure to hit apply, and close LW out, after each attempt. This didn't make a difference.

I also tried disabling LW from starting automatically, which I saw worked for some users, but this did not work, either. I'm stumped....

by the way...I don't know what this means:
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your quote:
then go to Properties and in the General Tab you click on the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then Properties. There you should check whether the IP and Submask is the same as the ones you have, if they aren't type in the ones you have.
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I know what the IP and mask values are, but what am I comparing them to?

Okay, first of all....I'm not sure whether this has anything to do with your problem; it was just a thought, so I told you to at least exclude certain possible causes......

Look at my screen shots to see what I meant.

That it reverted back to your computer name seems to be okay; I think it should be that way. have you also tried not to use manual port forward? I.e. using UPnP?? Because for manual port forwarding you should have an static IP and if you do only one slight mistake in setting up a static IP then the whole process won't work.

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Ok, I just switched it back to just using UPnP, but that didn't do anything either.

As for your screen shots. I appreciate it, but I am fully aware as how to get to those screens. However, I was asking what you wanted me to compare those values to....

by the way, thank you for your prompt replies. I know you must have better things to do. At least we know what ISN'T causing the problem, haha.