Speednet, in Michigan throttles limewire during the day, according to a company rep. Heres what he told me:
My network gurus say we don't block but only throttle filesharing during the
day. hrm
However, it seems Charter does not. Looks like i'll be changing ISP's

Be wary of Charter. There have been odd reports of problems with them also. ISP's known to BLOCK or Filter p2p or specifically Limewire or search Charter on the forum.

I don't know much about Proxies myself so can only point people to where people have suggested using proxies with some success. But as the author of this thread pointed out to me, you do need to keep trying different proxy numbers as some don't work or don't work very well.

gday
had pro for around 3 yrs 4.8.1 worked perfectly till yesterday when i had t reboot computor now it dosnt connect tried everything thats been listed i even downladed kazaa lite and imesh wich both work fine but limewire is still the best and i hope someone comes up the right fix.will be phoning my provider primus australia tomorrow see if they block but funny how kazaa connected anyway cheers gaz

iPrimus aren't blocking p2p. If you exceed your download limit for the month, you'll get shaped back to snail speed until the end of the month, but they won't stop you connecting

What version of Java are you using? Try this version. Use the JRE offline installer & remove your current version of Java before you install this one.
Archive: Download Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Update 11

If that doesn't help, try deleting LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 2 here & also point 3 if you've ever installed a newer version of LW (there could be a folder in either location).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.

Or you could try changing ports. In LW tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Change LW's listening port to 64049, or something in the range of 49152 - 65535. Apply to save a change. Any ports forwarded within a modem/router will also have to change.

cheers birdy
scuse my ignorance what and where are limewire prefeance folders
cheers gaz

Click on the blue link 'fixes for LW' in my post
For LW 4.8.1 the preferences folder is found here: C:\Documents and Settings\your username\.limewire

gday
well i deleted preferance files uninstalled java instaled the older one and still not connect ing anyone got theres going
cheers gaz

I honestly don't know why things would change after a reboot Or did you do something else, like reformat?

Can you give us your details please.
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hi heres my details
1.xp
2.just windows i think
3.0.99GB
4.59.8GB
5.ADSL
6.netcomm NB5 -2 modem router
7.house
8.LW 4.8.1 java j2se development kit 5.0 update 11 j2se runtime enviroment 5.0 update 11
9.iprimus
10. it says your test worked
11.no
12. no i have lw pro for a few years now
13. no
14.upnp enabled
15.just avg free
16australia
cheers

i did this the way it explained and i got this message saying limewire is not connected to the internet but will keep trying to connect. I can only get one bar of service and it says starting connection. I don't know whats going on but i really hate the fact that it don't work.