Hi,

I've been reading through the forums and while it seems some people are having the same problem I haven't been able to find an answer so I thought that I would post.

I have recently tried Shareaza, Overnet, Emule and Kazaa. Now I am trying Limewire.

When I connect to Limewire it runs perfectly well for anywhere from 2 hours - 15 min. Then after a while my internet connection goes dead and Limewire tells me that there is no internet connection available and I should check for firewalls.

- I have Zonealarm installed, but it is fully configured to allow limewire uninhibited access to the internet.

- Windows firewall is disabled.

- I had this problem with every other file sharing program I've used (Except Kazaa).

After reading other forums they suggest that it's my NIC that is causing my disconnects. BUt the drivers are up to date and even when I limit the number of connections my computer can make to the network, my internet still gets locked up and I have to reboot to connect ANY program to the internet.

Could this truly be a hardware issue? Any help you guys coudl offer would be extremely appreciated.

Thanks!