I meant in Limewire tools>options>advanced>firewall config

The number in the listening port and the number in the box beside forward port (which I suppose you checked) have to be the same number (the one you forwarded for Limewire in your router)

I also meant clashing between bearshare and Limewire but guess we can rule that out

Just trying to rule things out

Gotcha. Ok I did not have the manual port forward checked. So i checked that radio button and it is faster, but still only about half as fast as bearshare. It is the same as the listening port.

UPNP is what I it was on before I changed it to manual, so that is not it either.

Thanks.

Is the firewall icon gone (the brick wall in front of the globe) ?

If it is then you have at least properly configured Limewire and the problem might be differences in the Limewire and BearShare software and not setup

Also if running XP with service pack 2 then you should try to run this patch

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=57438