It's not the network, it's something on your end. It's either your firewall, router, isp, java, or you may just need to delete everything and reinstall. I can start LW and it connects right up. The only problems I've ever had were related to my firewall or my router and I'm far from being a geek .

Did you try the links in birdy's post: Problems with the search.

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