Sorry biggmakk.
My Ace comment was not aimed at you.
It was at RobertR.

I'm sure you'll get the problem sorted here so don't run away too soon!
If your problems are maybe caused by your modem you will be able to get good help from the regulars here who know a lot about modem-router-firewall issues.

And please do not ever connect to the internet without a security program running.
Never.

should I download the CA security suite again? I'll give it a shot to see if limewire will still run with it.