Thanks Birdy,

Yes, I assume it does work for a number of people, but my frustration with it has cast a rather large pale. I have enjoyed Limewire for years and when I upgrade to PRO I lose. It's rather bothersome because as I said I found it to be a blast and kept me out of my wife's hair...lol... I have been searching through this forum with the hopes of figuring it out but so far no luck. Hopefully I will find the yellowbrick road over the Brickwall soon.
Cheers

Start off here (if you haven't already read it)...lots of info about firewall issues.
Connection problems? Check here first!

If you're stuck, give us your details
System details - help us to help you

OS version? (eg: Windows 98, XP,OSX ) XP users, Please state XP firewall on or off.? Windows XP

2. What firewalls you have? Windows firewall

3. How much ram? 512 MB of Ram

4. Hard Disk space available? 54.5 GB

5. Connection type? cable

6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? WebSTAR modem & D-Link Airplus Xtreme G Router Model DI-624

7. Where are you trying to connect from House House

8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? LW 4.12.11 PRO Java 1.5.0_11

9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Rogers and 3 of my other friends use Rogers and have no problem with LW

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 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.New problem I had no connection problems until I upgraded to PRO

13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes

Thanks for helping I just posted the answers to the questions you posed. Thank you for your support as I have received zero when I ask for help via Limewire Official webpage. I'm very frustrated and just want to get back on this program.

Many thanks and I hope you can help me.

Cheers

When you changed over to Pro, was it just an upgrade (ie the same version number that you'd been using when you had basic) or did you update to a newer version of LW as well?

It's a good idea to delete LW's preferences folder after up*******upgrading...give that a try, it won't hurt anything. You'll just have to go back through LW's options & reset things afterwards. See point 3 below for instructions. If you've used much older versions of LW in the past, you could have a folder in point 2's location as well...so check in both places.
Fixes for LimeWire

Double check your XP firewall config, just to make sure nothing's changed.
Firewall setup

Your router has an internal firewall. If the router supports UPnP, make sure it's enabled & then use the UPnP option within LW's tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Apply > ok. Give it 15 mins & then see if the brick wall is gone.

If that doesn't do the trick, it's time to port forward. Use the instructions here
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...4/Limewire.htm

Don't forget to set up a static IP address first...otherwise port forwarding won't work
Also, the port number forwarded, number of LW's listening port & the number in the 'manual port forward' box all must be the same.

Sometimes changing to a new version can give you firewall probelms where there weren't any before

Birdy, first of all I must thank you for replying so quickly and thoroughly. You have kept my dream alive of getting back on...lol...Seriously though I'm grateful to have your help. I tried everything you did but still had no luck. But I have definitely narrowed the problem down to my firewall, as I just went to the Windows firewall option and turned it off then tried to restart Limewire and Voila! It worked no problem, all the way up to Turbo, Limewire on ******. Now I"m not sure what to do as I have made sure the Exceptions Tab does allow Limewire and yes it is checked off. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again for keeping my hope alive, its like they say you don't know what you've got til its gone and I'm joansing to get back on to Limewire.

Cheers

Are you sure you don't have any other firewalls running, apart from the XP one?

Go right back through the firewall instructions (the link I gave in another post)...start from scratch & do everything again. Reconfigure the thing. See if that helps.

How do you have your router set up (UPnP enabled, port forwarded or neither)? When you got a turbo connection...did the firewall icon go away? If you didn't notice at the time (too excited by the turbo maybe), turn off the XP firewall for just a minute & see what happens with the firewall icon once you've got a good connection.