Thanks for trying to help on this. I actually got it to connect by using port 26000. My Azureus was working so I checked what port it was using and it was 27000 so I tried that with Limewire and it worked fine -- I then changed Az back and assigned the similar port to LW. So far so good.

Are port numbers different even if they are only off by a single digit? For example, can you have one thing assigned to use 26001 and another assigned to 26000 and those programs be using two completely separate ports as not to interfere with each other?

Again, thanks for the response!