yeah, the connection within lw is still firewalled... its really annoying.

what's your set up:
O/System -----------> WINDOWS XP HOME
Connection type -------------> UM..BROADBAND ADSL ?
LW & Java version (help > about LW & it'll tell you) ------> JAVA 1.5.0 AND LIMEWIRE 4.10

We know you're modem's a speedtouch 536
Only the Norton firewall that's been configured??----> YEAH, NOW I DID WINDOWS XP FIREWALL BUT WITH NO CHANGE I TURNED IT BACK OFF AND DELETED THE GNUTELLA AND JAVA CHANGES TO. SO YEAH, CURRENTLY ONLY NORTON.

ISP -----------> TELSTRA, BIGPOND

Where you connect from (home, work etc) ---> HOME
Is this your first try with LW ---> NO, have used it many a time before.

** I've reinstalled my modem to see if that would help and trully no change.

A few questions though, if you could help.. does Norton normally work alongside windows firewall ?? like if you turn windows firewall off will it still normally tell you that it can still see your using nortons firewall.? and also if i add gnutella to my 'game and application sharing' found in my speedtouch options section...will this help or hinder my efforts in connecting to limewire??

thanks for all your help to date guys.