It depends on the firewall! For example, many high speed modems & routers have their own internal NAT firewalls. Especially wireless routers.

What brand & model no. modem & router do you use?

Do you have a dial up modem back up? Some providers offer this service in case of problems. If yes, try it & see if it makes any difference.

Go here & what does it say?: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ It should say Test page was a success. (Just a simple test to see if you are "Totally" blocked thru port 6346)



Otherwise you could try these things:

1. Repair LimeWire using the Add/Remove Programs utility. Go to Control Panel then Add/Remove Programs & click on Limewire on the Change/Remove button & it comes up with options and one of them is Repair. Try this.

2. Right-clicking the Limewire icon and going to properties and changed compatability setting to Windows 2000.

3. Update your Java version 1.5 (take the JRE)

4. Delete the LW Preferences folder called .limewire (whilst LW is closed!) & found here: Windows NT 4.0 / 2000 / XP: C:/Documents And Settings/your_username/.limewire OR Windows 98 / ME: Your .limewire folder is in "C:\My Documents" (BUT make a note of all your LW settings 1st, b/c after you delete the LW prefs folder you'll need to reset them.

5. Right-click on the Limewire icon on the desktop and click on Run as. Then it should come up showing the current user and then switch it over to Administrator. (Which is fine if you're the admin of your comp.)