"You are one of the few people that have actually done their homework before posting Good job"

Thanks! I tried to fix it myself. I even tried setting the ports for my router and for the stupid WINXP sp2.
I might have set them to something ridiculous, if y'all have the proper router numbers that would be awesome.

I did open my library to share, about 900 songs, should I cut it down?

I only download 4 things at a time usually.

I am a newbie with Limewire.

I have Symantec Antivirus, don't know of it's firewalled... I'll check, and if it is, should I disable it since WINXP has a built in one?

"Do you use UPnP ? (in the advanced<firewall)"
Huh? I am unsure of what that means... sorry!

I followed some online instructions to configure the router, 2wire 1710HP

I allowed Gnutella, manually added limewire and bittorrent, coulda screwed the pooch there.

Thank you so so so much for your help. I'm hoping that if I configure the XP crap and my router correctly I'll get some good ownloading. Heck, I could download 2kbps with my stupid 56k modem!!!

Thanks again,

Michelle