The Monitor window is where you see if people are uplding from you. To know if you're properly configured can you do this test: Bug Report instructions & sample image Is it True/False? If it's false then you may have a firewall of some type that is blocking some of LW's access. Common firewall types can be configured from this page to allow both LW & Java access: http://www.limewire.com/english/content/firewalls.shtml Though you could potentially still have a modem/router with an internal NAT firewall.