We'll see if we can sort this out. Port 6346 is the standard default that is used by the Gnutella network. But other ports can be used. Here's a lit of some others that can be tried: 1111, 3500, 4008, 1203, 10000, 15189, 80, 20282, 22817, 443, 34599, 40475. Some others: 8360, 19515, 20285, 22091, 25079, 26394, 33049, 42628.
What you'd do is go to LW's menu bar, Tools>Options>Advanced>Firewalls & change the listening port. Then press Apply button. Then go to menu bar, File>Disconnect, wait a minute & then File>Connect & give it say about 15 mins. (I'm not sure if you should close & re-open LW when you change ports but it should be ok.)
Can you give us a total desciption of your set up:
1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98)
2. What firewalls you have?
3. How much ram?
4. Hard Disk space available?
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
8. What version of Limewire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
9. Who is your isp provider (Internet Service Provider)?
10. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
11. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
12. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here:
http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
13. Do this test:
Bug Report instructions & sample image Is the result True/False?
Did you configure your firewall so it allows LW full access (advisable not to have 2 active firewalls b/c they can interfere with each other);
Firewall configuration instructions (click on link)