Hi jobk55,
Have a look through this link for fixes to try:
If LW 4 Will Not Connect
If nothing there helps, let us know the model of your 2-Wire. Also whether you have 'use UPnP' or 'manual port forward' ticked within LW's tools > options > advanced > firewall config
Also, if you're looking for a good free version of LW, you could (if you like) try the 4.16 version mentioned in this thread:
Downgrading to LimeWire 4 from 5 & resuming incomplete downloads
Quite a few changes were made between 4.13 & 4.16:
http://wiki.limewire.org/index.php?title=Changelog