Lord of the Rings -- Thanks!!!

I've got "Received incoming this session = TRUE" ... Woo hoo !!!

I'm running Win2k PRO. With a NAT firewall in my DSL modem/router/WiFi box, why should I run any software firewall, isn't that redundant and excessive???

The only firewall I'm running here is in my SBC home network "2Wire (tm)" DSL/WiFi Modem/Router box -- supplied by my ISP... and it has a NAT firewall, and I've set up port 6346 for my LimeWire usage... lots of this terminology seems misleading for us non-experts... I'm FIREWALLED, since there IS a firewall in my DSL box, yes? ... but as far as LimeWire is concerned, I am NOT firewalled... since I have forwarded port 6346 properly... yes???

I'll ask Dave (the friend who wants to share files) to try the test on his side in a few hours -- and report back here... fortunately, we both have the same ISP, and the same DSL modem/router... and we both stepped through the port 6346 setup together yesterday... so I am ANTICIPATING he will get the SAME result as I just did... unless he is running some extra software firewall... tbd!

WHAT THEN??? {i.e. What can we try next, if we both have "Received incoming this session = TRUE" ... but we STILL cannot mutually share our files???}