Danwoodca

You seem to have confused LWs IP filter with hiding your own IP address.

LWs IP filter prevents you from downloading from certain IP addresses, they are filtered out from your search. This facility is useful if you come across a P2P client uploading bogus or virus infested files, you put that client's IP address in your LW filter and LW, from then on, will ignore that client when you are searching.

However, when you upload or download your IP address is being broadcasted, that is how you were traced, e.g. your IP led back to your ISP and your ISP logs led back to you.

Finally, you cannot hide your IP address, that’s just how the internet works.




UK Bob