Hello,

About a week ago, I posted an issue I had been having with my Limewire showing a *phantom* firewall even though I had no firewalls enabled. And it was stuck at *staring connection*

I am an Optimum Online user with Windows XP and the latest edition of Limewire Pro and JAVA. I have a Belkin router and don't have firewall software.

I tried Lord of the Rings' suggestion to change my port number which worked for a little while but then after a couple of days no matter what I changed my port to, it still wouldn't connect.

So then, just out of sheer curiosity, I changed my router config on LW to MANUAL PORT FORWARD and used "6347" and changed the listening port to 65523.

Now I have no idea why or how that worked but I am now connected with a Turbo connection.

I just hope it lasts. Anyway, I wanted to offer this up to anyone else who is having problems with LW and Opt. Online firewalls. I'll keep you all posted.