I'm a relative newbie here so be patient. I was using Limewire with no problems, downloaded some 60+ songs with very little trouble, then upgraded to Limewire 2.7.3 and haven't been able to connect since. Thinking it was a problem with LW I downloaded Shareaza and QtraxMax and experienced the same connection difficulties. I'm not behind a Firewall, nor am I at school. Only 56k modem and I'm using Windows XP home (I know, I know) but wasn't having any problems with it before LW 2.7.3. My telnet program says Gnutella OK. So my question is: Did I see something about the Gnutella protocol changing regarding connections? If so, could somebody explain this to me in a way that I might understand it? If not, why the sudden problem connecting to the network? I've let each client run for 30 minutes to 2 hours at a time with absolutely no connections, just a constantly changing list of IP addresses attempting to connect. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Kit