Help! New to limewire and I am having connection issues

[cheyannepritchard]

Ok so I dowloaded limewire yesterday and when it loads up I have only one blue bar in the bottom of the left hand corner and I have a brick in front of the globe. When I go to search for a song it says limewire is currently connecting to the network. Your search may not return many results until you are fully connected to the network.

These are the following things that I have done
-Windows XP Firewall Check = When I did this the windows xp firewall was shut off!
- Through my Norton Internet Security program I added an exception for the limewire program
-Adding An Exception For The Gnutella Port = To do this I followed the instructions by checking the port on limewire and in the box next to listen to port it says 14027 so I went into my Norton Internet security and from there I added 14027 in the Norton Internet SecurityFirewall Options. I added it to The Http Port list!

After doing all of this I am still having the same issue I am not very computer savy and I am very confused and frustrated.

1. OS version.= Windows XP
2. What firewalls you have? I am not sure how to tell this but I know I have Windows Firewall that is turned off and then I have Norton Internet Security that has a firewall that I have made the changes to! And then the only other Anti Virus or Spyware programs that I have are Avg Anti Spy ware and Adaware
3. How much ram? = My Computer says it is a Hp Pavilion Amd Athlon (tm) 64x2 Dual Core Processor 3800+ 2.00 GHZ 480 MB O Ram
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? broadband
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? HP Pavilion Slimline s7600n PC
7. Where are you trying to connect from= my house
8. What version of LimeWire =4.18.3 Java 1.5.0-06
9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)? Verizona Broadband
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there? = It says this page can not be displayed
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? No I do not even know what this means
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. 1st try
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes
14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled? Not sure what this means
15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall = I use Norton Internet Security and Avg Anti Spyware and I also use Ad Aware
16. What country are you living in? I live in Washington State in the United States
PLEASE HELP