Whats going on with my limewire?
 

o.k. i have done everything it say to get lime wire connected. i then whenever i go on to lime wire out of all the red bars only 1 is green. lime wire has always worked at full connection. whtas going on because other people i know are experiencing this problem.

What are your details?

OS(Win XP etc)
LW & Java version (help > about LW & you'll see)
Firewall you're using
Modem/router brand & model
ISP
Connection type (DSL etc)
Where you connect from (home, school etc)
Are you sharing a connection with other computers
Is this your first try with LW

Have you looked at the sticky at the top of this section?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=51357
If not, please do. If so, what fixes have you tried. Do the port test & see what result you get.

Do you see the firewall icon (brick wall in front of the blue earth)?
Within LW, go tools > options > bug reports > view example. Scroll down to 'recieved incoming this session'. Is it true or false?

Windows Xp
LW: 4.10.9 Java:The newest version
i got mcafee and aol spyzapper but i turned off mcafee
linksys BEFSR41
127.01.01 i think
cable
home
Yes one other computer
No I have had limewire for 5 years

Have you looked at the sticky at the top of this section?
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=51357
If not, please do. If so, what fixes have you tried. Do the port test & see what result you get. ive tried all of them the onne where you delte your directory i did then it worked on 3 bars for 10 minutes then it went back to 1 bar

Do you see the firewall icon (brick wall in front of the blue earth)? yes
Within LW, go tools > options > bug reports > view example. Scroll down to 'recieved incoming this session'. false

my isp is optimum online and i have aol

I'd say that Optimum Online is your problem. You're not the first:(
Read these few threads
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=33712

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=53091

and there's a couple of OOL threads floating around on the Conn Probs page right now. Try the changing ports fix in the second thread:)