Sorry for blowing off some steam there. I'm just so very tired of people wanting the members here to guess the solution to their problem without any real details

No problem. and sorry.

1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) -
I use WINDOWS XP
2. What firewalls you have? -
NORTON
3. How much ram? -
3.06GHz 448MB of RAM
4. Hard Disk space available?
5.47GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.)
SHAW Cable, Wireless Internet(Linksys)
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers?
Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster
Number- WRT54GS
7. Where are you trying to connect from (home, school, work, etc.)?
HOME( Im sitting right beside the router)
8. What version of LimeWire (LW) & Java do you have? (Go to LW's menu Help>About LW...) Will show both LW & Java version.
Limewire 4.12.6PRO - JAVA 1.5.0_06
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)?
SHAW
10. Do this simple test for us. Using your browser go here: http://www3.limewire.com:6346/ The page should say 'Your test worked!'. What happens when you go there?
It saids "Your test worked!"
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up.
Well i share connections with my bro's computer and 1 computer has the router hooked up to it. I dont know what you mean by details.
12. Is this a your 1st try at FW or is this a new problem with an experienced user.
No I had problems where firewall stopped internet connection. When i was setting up a game server.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of FW's interface?
Umm you mean at the bottom of Limewire? than YES

Did you make sure that the Norton firewall was configured properly (& that XP's f/w was disabled)?

You could try using the UPnP option for your router but I'm not sure how reliable it's going to be in UPnP mode. Some people have had issues & needed to update the firmware...there's quite a lot of info & links about this in the original connection problems sticky Connection problems? Check here first!
If you do decide to try, make sure that UPnP is enabled within the router & then choose the 'Use UPnP' option within LW's tools > options > advanced > firewall config (it might be easier to just use port forwarding though).

To set up port forwarding, click on the link below for instructions. Remember to set up a static IP address first, or the port forwarding won't work.
http://www.portforward.com/english/r...S/Limewire.htm

You might want to update your Java too, the latest JRE is update 9. Use the offline installer here & remove your old Java version before installing the new one.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

*Not to put you off or anything, but some people have had problems with Shaw throttling bandwidth for p2p. Check out the post below & if you use the forum search to look for Shaw, you'll find more info:wink:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showpo...6&postcount=14

I dont get the PORT FOWARDING part. Like it saids

( BOX ) to ( BOX )

What do i enter? The Listening port or the port underneath?

Sorry, I don't get what you mean about the port underneath. You'll need to forward the port that LW's listening on.

You know there are 3 RATIOS BUTTON things on the bottom...

Use UPnP (Rec.)
Manual Port Foward: (BOX) <- What do you put there?
Do Nothing (Not Rec.)

And at the top it PROVIDES A LISTENING PORT: (Eg. 123)

Put in the listening port number, cause that's the port number you've forwarded.
Sorry, I thought you might've been talking about one of the port boxes within your router config page.