Ive tried everything.uninstalling LW and reinstalling.. uninstalling java and reinstalling it. rebooting, shutting off all fire walls and a/v software. I connected one night but wasnt able to download any songs.. when I searched nothing was found... and now Im back to not connecting.Not even able to see connections under the tab. i say its not anything on our end.. all different modems, OS, computers, I see it as a LW problem.

1. OS version? Windows Vista Home premium upgrade 32 bit
2. What firewalls you have? Windows Firewall( disalbed). I've made limewire an exception on it. I lalso have Norton 360 but has an excpetion on it
3. How much ram? 1 gig
4. Hard Disk space available?50 gig
5. Connection type? Broadband DSL through Verizon
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Westel 327W
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? House
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? 4.18.8
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Verizon DSL

After suffering the same connection problems as all the rest of you, I stumbled onto a reliable and easy fix for my installation that might work for you. Just find and delete the gnutella.net file. LimeWire will create another one the next time it is started. Since finding this fix, I never fail to connect almost immediately after starting LimeWire. I hope it works as well for you as it did for me. I'm now a very content LimeWire Pro user.