I have had Limewire loaded and it was working successfully for many months. I recently upgraded my McAfee software and loaded McAfee firewall. I now get the 'brick wall' I assume indicating a firewall exists and only one green bar (connection). I never get any results now when searching. I was using Zone Alarm as my firewall. Often McAfee would freeze after running for several minutes. McAfee suggested I uninstall Zone Alarm and load their firewall to eliminate the problem.

I have read other thread concerning firewalls and Limewire's suggestions. I have tried the following: (1) Set the rule in McAfee firewall to allow Limewire access to the net, (2)Turned off McAfee Virus Scan and Firewall. (3) deleted the C:\Windows\.limewire folder, (4) set my listening port in Limewire to 64049, (5) disabled ultrapeer.

I have not tried changing Java versions since it was working fine before. What else can I try? Please give me some recommendations.

The following are responses to the qustions on my system setup:
1. OS version? Windows 98SE
2. What firewalls you have? McAfee 7.1
3. How much ram? 128 MB
4. Hard Disk space available? 5.34 GB
5. Connection type? Cable
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Linksys WRT54G
7. Where are you trying to connect from? Home
8. What version of LimeWire & Java do you have? LW 4.10.9 Pro, Java 1.5.0-06
9. Who is your ISP provider? Time Warner (Road Runner)
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? Got the message 'Your test worked!'
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? No
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user? Experienced User
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes