And starngely enough, it connected last night out of the blue. Then when I turned my comp back on this afternoon, LW no connect again.

Have you entered the same number into the manual port forward and the listen port boxes in limewire...

Yup.

Ok we have to check everything then...Can you supply this info...
System details - help us to help you

1. OS version? XP
2. What firewalls you have? Norton
3. How much ram? 1 gig
4. Hard Disk space available? 100 gig
5. Connection type? cable broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?modem- RCADCM425C, router- Linksys-wrt54g
7. Where are you trying to connect from? house
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? LW-4.12.6, java 1.5.0-rc
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Comcast
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? test worked
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. no
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. new problem with exp user
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? yes

Ok ....I will check over that asap, but I have to go now, I will be back later...

OK, thanks for your help. let me know if you find out anything...do you have IM? Could be easier

Some say Comcast can shape and throttle depending on where you live...
I still think it lies in Port Forwarding though...
May I ask how many times you went in to do the static IP ?? The reason I ask this once done successfully you wont see all the info your suppose to any more, you only have to set up once, from then on you only have to forward a port for each application...:rolleyes_2:

I just went back over this thread and because you said you could connect last night just fine, it could very well be Comcast throttling the connection at certain times of the day....

I just found this, this is the router you are using...Read further down the page...
http://www.vonage-forum.com/ftopic9453.html

I dont have vonage but everything on that list I already had disabled. I know it has something to do with the firewall in limewire. If I could just get that to go away, I would I be fine. But when I disable norton's it is still there, so is it the firewall from my router? Because my XP firewall is disabled.