It is possible the proxy support on LimeWire isn't complete enough... I did a little of googling, but I don't find a tutorial for P2P apps. Can you try other free P2P apps like Ares or Bearshare lite?

http://aresgalaxy.sourceforge.net/
http://www.bearshare.com/lite

Ciao

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