You guys are funny!!! Ive managed to get my limewire working by connecting and disconnecting to my internet a few times. Thanx for the help, if it starts acting weird again i will go to the link and send you my details.
p.s. 'nerd' isnt really a insult and i agree 'limey' is a bit outdated now.

1. windows xp home service pack 2
2. windows firewall and shaw secure
3. 1.23 g of ram
4. not sure how much hard disk left
5. cable
6. motorola modem and linksys router model wrt54gs
7. connecting from house
8. limewire version 4.14.8
9. shaw internet service provider
10. the test worked
11. im using a router to share the connection with one other computer. and I am using bittorent as well.
12. ive used limewire many times in the past and I reinstalled it and it wont work.
13. yes i do see a brick wall infront of a blue world icon.
14. i am not sure what u mean by port forwarding or upnd enabled
15. I am using a shaw secure antivirus program with a firewall
16. I am living in canada.

hopefully that will help u guys. It would be greatly appreciated if you could help.

Ok maybe a bit hasty, I'm sorry for loosing my cool. And b-boy is right When it comes to the pc I dont think out side the box much, new at it. stranger to me in many ways. I was chiming in to a thread I know now thats not the way it is done here . So my apologies to you ukbobboy and any others who thinks I'm out of line. I.m sure you (ukbobboy) are a inspiration to those who need your help, But give me some credit, I did not throw the (wanker) word out there, even I know not to cross that line. Cheers! Dan aka ride1on Riverside California U.S.A.