Whoo hoo!

I think I got it! I went through setting up the port forwarding. Let's just say I took my time, re-read instructions, and proceeded. Not sure what I did wrong first few times, but LW is working now.

The brickwall is gone and I have between 4 to 5 green connection bars.

I do use BT and LW at the same time. Would you still recommend I don't.

Also, quick question: now that I have forwarded my port, will that affect my Internet connections in any other way?

Aaaagh!

As I was typing this I got the error message that my computer doesn't have an internet connection or a firewall is blocking me. Somehow I lost the connection to the Internet and had to re-connect (file - connect).

I am doing a search for something that I test searched for when my LW was working two minutes ago. Nothing is being found and last time 189 files were found. I am now down to three green connection bars and no brick wall in front of the globe.

I just received the error message about no active internet connection or the firewall again.

Still no wall in front of the globe, and I'm thinking as I type this in a forum on the World Wide Web that I have an Internet connection.

Now what?