ok when u start up limewire hit the connections tab it should be next to monitor and search, if you don't see a connections tab go to view hit show/hide>and check connections, Now go back to the connections tabd and click add on the bottom now add the ip's i posted and the ports and lemme know if it works because i had the same problem and i had my friend give me all the ips that were working for him and he had optimum