sorry for the delay in getting back to you guys. i finally called my ISP and they claimed to not be blocking Limewire, or any other file sharing program for that matter.

they started to suggest firewall issues, but you guys already suggested just about everything i think.

i don't actually use AOL, i just have AIM downloaded. i use roadrunner, from time warner cable.

i changed all the settings back to what they originally were before i port forwarded my router, since doing that stopped my internet from working.

is there anything else i can try that you can think of?