Kdsimms

I have been reading your problem with an amount of mild disbelief that you could be having so much problem but this "things" are sent to test us.

I'd like to ask a few questions which I hope you can answer.

1) You said that your wired desktop works with Limewire but your wireless desktop does not, apart from the modem connection what is the difference between the two desktops?

Unless you say something different, I shall presume that you are using both desktops to access the internet via your (single multi-user) modem.

2) You said that your modem has UPnP enabled, that's how LW on your desktop can work without port forwarding, therefore have you initialised UPnP on you wireless desktop? Simply because I don't believe it is currently turned on in XP by default, unlike the bad old days.

3) Have you enabled WEP or WPA encryption on your modem? Although it should not make a difference (and I would never recommend the following to a novice) I suggest you turn off encryption, enable UPnP on WinXP Pro, LW and your modem and then see what happens. But don't leave your modem in this state for too long because you effectively have no security.

4) You also say the you don't see the "brick wall in front of the globe", so it is likely that you do not have a "firewall" problem. Do you get an error message when LW cannot connect to the internet?

One other thing occurs to me, I recall that some Comcast members have in the past said that your ISP sometimes "bandwidth shape" (aka throttle) P2P connections, this might be something worth looking into.

Hope my suggestions can help throw some light on your predicament.



UK Bob