Hi Billy,
Can you give us your details please?
System details - help us to help you

Ok thanks for your time. Sorry if I don't have some details cos I'm not great at computers.


1. OS version? (eg: Windows 98) Windows XP Professional
2. What firewalls you have? WIndows
3. How much ram? 1GB
4. Hard Disk space available? 160GB
5. Connection type? (eg: dialup, broadband, cable, etc.) Satellite
6. Modem & router brand name & model numbers? Not sure sorry
7. Where are you trying to connect from (house, appartment complex, school, student accomodation, work, etc.)? House
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 4.12.3 Pro and Java 1.5.0_07
9. Who is your ISP provider (Internet Service Provider)? Some company called MyWisp
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? Your test worked! thats all that happened
11. Are you sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs? If yes, please give details of set up. Yes, I'm not exactly sure but I'm sharing with 1 other computer which has the main internet but the internet it transfered to my computer through a Powerline USB Adapter....hope that helped
12. Is this a your 1st try at LW or is this a new problem with an experienced user. I've had some sort of limewire for about 2 years but 6months ago i got limewire pro and it worked but in the last month it just says 'starting connection'.
13. Do you see a brick wall in front of the blue world icon at the bottom of LW's interface? Yes

Make sure that the XP firewall's configured to allow LW.
Firewall setup

Has the firewall icon always been there?

You should find out what modem/router (there might just be a satellite modem, or there could be a router too) the main computer uses & if anything's changed since your LW stopped working.

In LW go to tools > options > advanced > firewall config. Change LW's listening port to 64049 > apply. See if that helps.

I'll be honest with you...I know pretty much nothing about powerline networking

Yes I'm pretty sure the firewall icon has always been there.

By the way, i left the computer by itself for about an hour and i came back and it said it had a fair connection but then disappeared.

I might be able to find out what modem/router it is but i'm not sure how to find it. Am I able to look for it on the computer or do I physically have to look for it?

And I changed the listening port number thing and it didnt do anything.

Go to the main computer & have a look at what's plugged into it. The modem might be on the roof, I'm not too sure. But it might be inside, connected to the main computer. A router should be plugged into the main computer.

Does the main computer belong to someone else? If there's a problem with a modem or router, you should talk to whoever owns the main computer...if you need to go making any changes to the setup, they should know about it

Does anyone use LW on the main computer? If so, can they connect? Have you tried using any other p2p?