I tried everything that was suggested and I still get the same message "Limewire is currently connecting to the network. Your search may not return many results until you are fully connected to the network." I only have one Firewall which is Windows and it was off all the time. I tried changing the listening port in LW but that didn't help. And LW was working fine until recently (I'm not sure when the problem started). Please help!
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98): Windows XP SP 2
2. What firewalls you have?: 1 - Windows
3. How much ram?: 2.21GHZ, 960 MB
4. Hard Disk space available?: 129GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.): Broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?: Paradyne 6211-I3
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?: Home
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? : LW 4.17.6, Java 1.6.0_02
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?: TSTT
10. 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?: Page cannot be displayed
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up: I'm sharing with BitTorrent
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user: New problem with an experienced user
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes



14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled?: UPnP is enabled
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall : Norton and AVG Free
16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland). Trinidad

That shows your LW is totally blocked from connecting. Try port forwarding your router. Step (a) is the most important one:
(a) Setting up Static ip for XP ________ (b) Port forwarding instructions for Paradyne 6211-I3
Choose a port between 49152 - 65535. A good one to try is 64049 which will need to be added to both the router's port forward rule, as well as LW's manual PF setting.

BTW I hope neither norton or avg include firewalls ... only one should be used otherwise less security and hidden problems because they will clash if more than one software firewall.

i tried steps (a) and (b) and still nothing . help!!!