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Perhaps you could try deleting your LW preferences which sometimes makes a difference. Make a note of all your LW settings 1st however b/c you'll need to reset them. Try deleting your LW Preferences folder whilst LW is closed; instructions here: Fixes for Limewire

If your netgear supports UPnP then port forwarding isn't or shouldn't be necessary. But either way it won't hurt. If you use it in UPnP mode then LW should be set likewise, but if you use port forwarding then set it for manual port forward in LW, but if the port is already forwarded then I guess you have the choice between the 2.

Try to choose sources that have 3 or 4 star quality which means better chance of connection & also from those search results that show a large no. under the # column. Sometimes stopping the downld & then reselecting from the search results to downld can refresh the downld. Also researching the topic can help too.