Hi raidercats

Ouch--this advice is VERY rusty, but connection problems are often triggered by a bad list of possible connections.

Those connections are stored in a "gnutella.net", but I can't remember if LW for OS 9 has a file like that. Search these forums to find a replacement.

Such LW files are stored in the System Folder/Preferences (I think?). If so, you can replace it, when LimeWire is quit.

Also, if LW is trying to connect to many incompletes at once, this can stall connections. So, try to remove them (I can't recall preciselyhow that was done) and see if that helps.

Another possibility is to connect to a known LW directly. Does LW 4.0.10 have the "Direct Connect" option?

best wishes, and sorry for the vague reply.