If UPnP's enabled on your router, have you chosen the UPnP option within LW's tools > options > advanced > firewall config? Try that. Apply to save a change.

Go here & see if the test works.
http://www3.limewire.com:6346/
If the page can't be displayed, change LW's listening port (on the same page as the UPnP option) to 64049, or something in the range of 49152 - 65535.

Try the LW Beta version (4.13.2) & see if that's any different. You can download it from the usual download page at www.limewire.com

Do you have SP2? If so, have you installed a patch to increase connections?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showpo...56&postcount=4

And last of all...even though there's no wall in front of your globe, you could try port forwarding. The instructions for your router are here. Don't forget to set up a static IP address first.
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...N/Limewire.htm