My connection status stays at one bar.
 

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) If using Windows Vista, please tell us whether you have an Administrator user account.
XP
2. What firewalls you have?
Norton Internet Security, Windows Firewall (deactivated)

3. How much ram?
1GB

4. Hard Disk space available?
80 GB

5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
DSL

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
2Wire 1701HG Gateway

7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)?
house

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
LW 4.18.3 Pro
Java 1.5.0_06

9. Who is your ISP (Internet Service Provider)?
AT&T Yahoo

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 said your test worked.

11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
No

12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
This is a new problem. I have had this for two years and it just won't connect anymore

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? _ click here to see Sample image
Yes

14. For those using a modem/router, how is your modem/router set up...are you port forwarding or is UPnP enabled?
UPnP is enabled

15. What security programs are you using (antivirus etc)? Some people might not be aware that their security suite includes a firewall :)
Norton Internet Security, Spyware Doctor

16. What country are you living in? Sometimes there are ISPs with the same name in more than one country (eg Clearwire in the USA & also in Ireland).
USA

Try the tips in this sticky....

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/connec...t-connect.html

You could also try configuring your Norton...
Port Forwarding for the Norton Internet Security 2007

You may also need to port forward as your modem/router has a Nat Firewall...
Port Forwarding for the 2wire 1701HG

I had the same problem.

First uninstall Limewire from Add/Remove programs.

Then do a files and folders search for "limewire" and delete them all.

Then download from the official Limewire site.

Problem solved........for me anyway.

Delete the gnutella.net file
 

I had the same problem a couple of months ago. I found a solution in another post that suggested that I should download a new gnutella.net file from some place (I don't remember where). That fixed the problem then.

Today I had the same problem again. This time I just deleted the gnutella.net file (after completely closing LimeWire). That also solved the problem.

My son and I had both the same problems under different user accounts on the same PC. For some reason, on my user account the file was located under C:\Users\<Username>\.limewire. On my sons user account it was located under C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Roaming\LimeWire.

On my user account, the gnutella.net file was recreated automaticly after I restarted LimeWire and the connection worked again. On my sons user account I had the same problem again the first time I tried. I deleted the file again and restarted LimeWire. This time the file was not recreated, but the connection worked.

It's actually best not to use the Add/Remove programs to uninstall limewire as it can sometimes cause errors in the re-installing process...

The correct way to uninstall is Start > All programs > Limewire/Uninstaller

Thern you use your computer's search to look for all files & folders with limewire in the name. If you can't delete them, reboot into safe mode & then try. If they still won't delete, try one of the tools here...
Incomplete Download File won't delete at all.

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