You'll get a turbo charged connection with Pro, that's normal.
You may not be behind a software firewall but your modem/router might have it's own internal firewall. This will show up when you run LW

If you want to fix this, read the sticky in the Connection Probs section. The first part "... check here first".
For your slow downloads, read these threads
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=51552 http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...download+speed
Make sure it's not an ISP issue!
Here's some info on how to set up your LW for optimal performance
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=27036
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