Too often, I see Limewire attempting to download from an IP address like 192.168.0.101 -- which is an address on my own private network! It seems that many people don't configure their IP address properly using the "Force IP" feature.

I would like an enhancement to the Hosts Filter that prevents Limewire from attempting any communications with the following IP ranges:

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.16.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255

These ranges are all reserved for private networks according to RFC 1918. Attempting to download from such an address is futile; it will never work.

The results of the filter enhancement should be:
<ul><li>never to attempt a download from blacklisted addresses
<li>refuse connections from anyone configured with such addresses
<li>never to display search results associated with such addresses</ul>
If there's a way to do any ONE of the above items now, I'd love to know. The Hosts Filter doesn't seem to work with wildcards.

-Alex