I up dated my limewire yesterday and now the downloads are taking forever to download. Also searches are taking a long time. Help!!!!!!!!!!

What are your details?

OS(Win XP etc)
LW & Java version (help > about LW & you'll see)
Firewall you're using
Modem/router brand & model
ISP
Connection type (DSL etc)
Where you connect from (home, school etc)
Are you sharing a connection with other computers
Is this your first try with LW

How many green connection bars do you have? Do you see the firewall icon (brick wall)?

I have only 1 to 4 green bars.
There is a brick wall but fire wall is turned off.
Westell DSL box
windows xp
DSL
ISP is local phone company
not sure what the LW or Java thing is

Before the up grade fix I had no problems with limewire

What's the model of your Westell?
In LW, if you go help > about LW, you'll see the LW & Java version.

Westell Ultraline
lw 4.12.6
java 1.5.0_08

I wish I had never done the update.