erm i think its all sorted. i gave up trying to set a static ip and changing my router settings to allow limewire through its firewall. ended up just changing the listening port to 15618 i think it was and now the brick wall is gone. the java thing i think i understand. i changed my explorer to firefox 2.0 and since then the java icon vanished. i've just deleted and reinstalled it

We just finished discussing your situation and Hobo found this about AOL...
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/p...d.php?t=478341

That is more than likely why your speeds fluctuate so much....

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bloody hell thanks for that. dcidn't expect anybody to go to so much trouble. from what i read it sounds like a complicated fix but i shall give aol a call tommorrow and see what happens

ok i called them and they agreed it could be a pi problem. they wont do anything about it till friday tho as it has only been 12 days since i upgraded and it takes 14 to let the line settle and so on. he said that after that time they'll be able to find out if my line really is capable of 8 meg speeds. after that he'll be able to sort it all out. hurry up friday. i better call them before i get drunk tho lol