We had this discussion a couple weeks back...it suddenly goes down, then comes back, then goes down. I'm on a home network w/ cable modem. My ISP does not block gnutella. It is not an issue with my home network, it is something external, but I don't know what. I was just mentioning the network dns issues because my tech friend asked me yesterday if I'd noticed anything unusual in my corner of the world and he said it 'could' be related. Limewire has been more down than up for the last month or so. Most of the time, when I start it, it will not connect to ANY hosts, yet it is still, sometimes, able to download pre-existing downloads. And then suddenly, it all opens up for a few hours at a time and runs smoothly.

The other thing is that items with even 30 or more sources aren't even connecting when usually I at least get a 'nibble' or trickle. I'm not generally downloading mp3s, but tv shows I try to keep up with from abroad.