Hi Birdy, Thanks for the info. I can download from LW but it seems no one can upload from me. Because I just downloaded LW a couple of days ago, I'm not really sure if the upload ever worked - I had no files to share before I downloaded some mp3's. The "brick wall" did not appear until a day later and I assumed it had something to do with windows updates and service packs. I recently had to replace my hard drive, so the OS was reinstalled. I installed LW before I did all the updates. Maybe that was just a coincidence because I had no idea that some ISP's are blocking p2p. It could be that once I had files in the shared folder my ISP filter kicked in? It seems strange that I am able to download fairly quickly though...
p.s. I could not view any images in your attachment but my router is BEFSR41.
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satel...VisitorWrapper

Do you know which version There are several versions it should be on the front of the router it will say BEFSR41 V3

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Later Grandpa

Aha! Yes Grandpa, the sticker on the bottom says ver. 3

Yeah, it's strange about Rogers... I would've thought you'd have connection probs & not be able to download it. Hope I didn't jinx it for you

If you go to this web page, you'll see what I mean about different router versions. There's no port forwarding for a plain old BEFSR41 (scroll down thru the Linksys models). But when I looked up the plain ol' version with Google, it says there's a NAT firewall... so port forwarding must be an option. Hope I'm not confusing you too much... do you get what I mean? I just don't want to point you towards one of those other versions in case the info's wrong for you. You could have a look through the PortForward page anyway & see what you think
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...outerindex.htm

Edit - stuck in a time loop & beaten by Grandpa!!!

Thanks birdy. I'm on the port forwarding info page. I'll see if I can figure out a fix. It may take me a while because it says "In order to forward properly you really need to understand what port forwarding is. This might seem like an irrelevant step, but it is not." Yes, I'm begining to see that I don't see...

To port forward for the v3 (it's not hard, just a bit time consuming!)

Step 1. Set up a static IP address. Don't skip this step.
http://www.portforward.com/networking/static-98.htm

Step 2. Port forward
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...5/Limewire.htm

Step 3. Within LW tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Tick 'manual port forward', making sure you add the listening port number. Apply.

Yes there is lots of reading but the instructions are very detailed and easy to follow. My promblem was that I could not get my DNS from the prompt. It returned a DHCP server number instead. I tried this number in the setup but it didn't work. (lost connectivity) I guess I'll have to call my ISP tomorrow and find out what it is. I think this will work for my LW problem. If not - I sure learned alot of stuff I didn't know! I'll let you know if I get it fixed. Bye for now!