i installed limewire a couple of weeks ago and went through reading and tweaking since then. the problem has always been the same.

i had disabled the firewall and it made no difference, tried it again now, and same. i never uninstalled and reinstalled limewire, though will try that tomorrow if it seems it could be worth a shot. i know to preserve incomplete files and the downloads.dat file - anything else?

should i call comcast and ask if there's anything on their end, re P2P? i looked at a listing and comcast got a user thumbs-up for P2P.

guess i want to try everything possible before messing w/ my newly-installed router. i had posted about this problem last week before i even set up the router - and i'm concerned i'll end up with netgear tech support to bail me out (though they were fine....)

thanks for your input, bob.
jill