you know your supposed to disable your firewall right? well i tried that and it didnt help me connect. i shut down every aspect of my firewall(using zonealarm BTW) and nothing. i thought i had some configuation problem that was over my head, so i got a buddy of mine to come check my problem and he thought that maybe if we uninstalled the firewall, it would connect then. well guess what, it worked. i recommend to anybody having connection trouble, to uninstall their firewalls (be sure to keep the install program) and see if they can connect afterwards. this is a good idea if you dont JUST HAVE TO HAVE a firewall(popup blocker is what i used it for). maybe the folks at limewire can help out with this.