Okay. I've been to PortForward and I've run the directions for setting up a Static IP address on this computer. I then set up the DLink DI-624 router to allow LimeWire to access port 35000. I changed it in LimeWire and saved it. And I've done this twice, actually.

I unplugged both the DSL modem and the router and reset them both. I've shut down this computer and restarted. I restarted the modem and router with the computer OFF, let them completely boot back up and then started this computer.

I'm at a loss. This shouldn't be this difficult. I just want to share a couple of large files with a friend. I thought this would be easy. I even had them search using the exact file name hoping LimeWire would find my file and upload it for them to download. No such luck.

Any more help would be ideal. Your suggestions to this point have been very helpful and educational and I appreciate it. A LOT. Us ignorant computer users ought to be banned from using computers ~~ but then, who would buy them if not us illiterates??? LOL

A side question, I have three other computers on this "network" in the house. Now that this computer is a static IP, do I need to assign all the others a static IP, too so they don't eventually conflict???

One side comment, too: Having assigned a Static IP to this computer, I could be dreaming, but my internet pages SEEM to load faster now; like it really is accessing this new Higher Speed DSL I'm paying for. Am I imagining this or could it be faster now?

Thanks for your help!

Greg