. . .without wishing to be unhelpful, if you've done absolutely everything we've all suggested in all these posts on the issue of failure to connect, I'm slightly at a loss to know what to suggest. Perhaps it's not a Limewire problem at all. Have you checked your internet connection? As an aside, I did notice in the most recent version I downloaded (LW 2.9.11) that there was an error in the default values put in the ports and firewall elements in Limewire>Preferences. But, as we've suggested in more than one thread, you've checked your System Preferences to enable the appropriate port in Sharing>Firewall, so it can't be that. Sorry, without more information from you, I can't offer more than this.