My reply to that post was in regard to artistdirect and napster re-directing downloads, not in regard to download speed problems.

And if you had read my reply to the users download speed problem more carefully, you would have posted your detailed setup configuration as asked in my post to make my attempt to help you a bit easier (see the questions 1 - 12).
The way you want me to help you, I guess, I have to look into my cristal ball to find a solution for you.......

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Here are the answers to all the questions you wanted me to answer...I hope these help....

-My OS is Windows XP.
-I don't know how to find my firewalls...
-I have 256 mb ram
-12.5 GB of space left on my hard disk
-I have a dialup connection
-I'm not sure of my moden brand name and what not...
-I'm connecting from my home...however I can connect to limewire, i just can't get a connection between me and the other user in order to download the song.
-I have LimeWire 4.12.3 and Java 1.5.0_06
-My ISP is the university I go to..however I've never had this problem before
-I'm not sharing the connection with other computers or p2p sharing programs
-This is a new problem for me and I've had limewire for awhile now.
-I did that test at "http://www3.limewire.com:6346/" and it said "your test worked"

Sarabeth86

I assume that you see a brickwall in front of the small globe in the left bottom corner of the LW window, which would mean that LW detects a firewall blocking you to access the network.

Here is a link on how to configure any firewall (Connection problems -click first):
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=51361
You can find your firewall at Desktop>Start>Settings>Control Panel>Windows Firewall

Another thing to try would be to delete the LW preference folder called " .limewire " as described in the following thread (Point #2 & 3 in Fixes for Limewire)
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=36420

However, if you have this problem only with a specific file (i.e. you do not see the brickwall), then it might be that the host(s) of said file are either offline, have moved-renamed-deleted the file. You might want to re-search that file again using different search terms.

My general experience with Universities is that they tend to block P2P programs, or shape the bandwidth used by students with a high bandwidth usage. But since you said you have a dial-up connection (is it a 56k modem, Adsl, or ?????)

Try the above and see if it solves your problem. If not, get back here and we check further....

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Oh! dear what a precious little thing you are, best to ignore me son if that's the best reply you can come up with to a genuine problem, the world is not all about you and yours...sorry.

Well I finally downloaded that file that I've been trying to download. It looks like I can only download files from people that have a T3 or higher connection. Thanks for all of your help! Have a great day!

Sarabeth86

The only genuine problem I can see here is your impertinent attitude.
Fortunately, ignoring you will rather be an easy task

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I just downloaded the newer verison of limewire and for some reason i am unable to download any music. everything goes ok from the connection to the search, but when i click on a file to DL it doesnt fo anything. I also noticed the brickwall in the corner of my limewire. what does this mean and could that be the problem. any info would be great.

The brickwall means that LW has detected a firewall. This might either be the built-in firewall from XP (if that's your OS) or any other from programs you've installed (i.e. Norton Security, etc.) or even from a NAT firewall in your router (if that's the way you connect to the internet).
Please read here on how to configurate the firewalls mention above allowing LW to get through:

( Connection problems -click first )
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?t=51361

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Ok I finally got the wall off of my screen but I still unable to DL any music. I can click on the file but nothings happens. What else could I be doing wrong?

Might be a license problem? Click on link
License