I have tried several times to get limewire to download stuff, but the internet icon says Im not connected, yet I can surf the wed through my web browser.............what gives?????

Are you on a router or a wired connection? If you are using a router, I don't think that you can download files through limewire.... I'm not overly sure on this I'm afraid. But I know that when I use a wired connection, mine works. When I use a router, I cannot find anything, let alone download it.

I'm all wired up, got windows XP and plenty of memory, just don't understand why it wont connect to the 'net.

Have you tried checking firewall to see if it's blocking anything? When you first brought up limewire, did you select no when it asked if you would like to download? If you did, this will be stopping you.

Failing this, I would suggest uninstalling and reinstalling it.

I have turned my firewall off and on.

I have installed and re-installed this thing 3-4 times now.

Im at a loss as to why it won't connect to the web.

I found the Windstream firewall and it was already off.

Still cant connect

open explorer.

c:
documents and settings
"your user name" or administrator if thats what you are
application data *
and then you should see lime wire

* if you cannot see application data at this stage then click at the top menu
Tools
folder options
view
and make sure now your showing hidden files

Give it a go and let us know ...

that made no sense to me....sorry

What has Internet Explorer have to do with fixing limewire?

I found the Application Folder and replaced the gnutella file.....


and I still cant connect

Was LW completely closed when you replaced the file? Did you restart your computer before starting up LW? Hover your mouse over the gnutella.net file...what size is the file?

Did you ever try using an older version of Java? In the 'if LW will not connect' thread, there's a link to download Java 1.5.0_11. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current Java version before installing the older version.

Try doing the port 6346 test again...if that test doesn't work, it can sometimes mean that an ISP is blocking certain ports. Did you try a few port numbers in the range that I gave you earlier?

You could also try port forwarding for your SpeedStream. The instructions are here.
Port Forwarding for the Siemens 4200
Don't forget the step of setting up a static IP address first. LW's listening port , port in the 'manual port forward' box & port forwarded within the router setup should all be the same number.