I tried over 10 "adds" in connections and nothing. Even if this did work or does for some people, it doesn't explain the need for doing this when LimeWare previously connected without "assistance". What's up?

I agree with you Star. I used to get on with no assistance but evidently there is some issue where limewire is apparently blocking a large batch of IPS. I have tried on several other relatives' comps some with DSL and some with the same service and have noticed that most of the relatives that are currently on DSL are having absolutely no issue whereas my family that is using the same ISP is having the EXACT same issue I am having. It seems there is some kind of blocking either by the ISP or limewire blocking certain ISPs or IP addresses.

I don't think it's your ISP or my ISP and I explained that in another thread see the thread I started http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...revisited.html. The reason is that although I have the same security on a desktop as a laptop on which I just recently installed LimeWire, when I unhook my DSL modem cable from the desktop to the laptop, the laptop connects with LimeWire perfectly (obviously same ISP). I don't know if this provides different ISP numbers (by using a different computer) but the problem sure seems to be common and not at our end. Where are all the computer gurus for a fix and not trying to turn us into detectives looking for clues and trying different things, most of which don't seem to work.