I am sort of new at this. I have been using Limewire for a while and just have two questions about how it operates.
First, the IP address under location is sometimes red. Is this an indication whether someone is online or not?
The second question pertains to searching. While looking for a particular song, sometimes it does not come up when I search either by artist or title. However, when I combine artist and title, I find it. Is there a protocol, or tip, on how to best search for items?

Ip addresses in red indicate, I think, that the hosts are behind a firewall or are proxies. It is said that these are more difficult to download from, but I have found this not to be the case and I ignore the colour difference myself.... but I tend to go for rare files, so I will get them from anywhere I can

The best tip is to vary your search methods and terms and use which ever works best for you. Everyone will give you a slightly different suggestion and a bit of experimenting is a good idea. It is worth trying the "all types" box ... this gives more results often.

I hope this helps

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What is a proxy, or does it matter?

In this case it is an ip number that is not the hosts real number, which can be for a variety of reasons. The answer could get very long, but I wouldn't worry about it unduly for now lol

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