Howdy all I am trying to fire up limewire have never had problems before until i installed zonealarm, only get one bar on the connection, now i realise there is a firewall issue, and have allowed limewire in the settings still no joy.. any suggestions or help would be much appreciated.. thanks

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In case you're using Vista - try uninstalling both LW & ZA. Reinstall LW first, then finally reinstall ZA...this has been a fix for a few Vista users.

Thanks birdy.. Limewire was already there before i installed zone alarm so im guessing ur suggestion wont help but yes on being vista..thanka again

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birdy here ya go this is the best i could do thanks 1 vista 2 windows and i gues zone alarm 3 1 gb i think 4 51 gb 5 broadband 6 netcomm adsl2 + 7 home 8 4 .14.8 lw and java 1.6.0 9 netspace 10 yes test worjked 11 no 12 1st time as an experienced user 13 yes on brickwall 14 no idea 15 zonealarm only 16 australia

Make sure that the Windows firewall is off. I know it should turn off automatically when ZA's installed, but just double check.

Delete LW's preferences folder when LW's properly closed. See point 3 here & also point 2 if you've used older versions of LW in the past (there could be a folder in either location).
Fixes for LimeWire
This will kill all of your settings within options, you'll have to go back through afterwards & reset things. If you're not sure of your settings, go through LW's tools > options & write them all down, so that you can reset things later.
LimeWire Pref Folder in Vista

If that doesn't fix it, just try the trick of uninstalling/reinstalling LW & ZA. Remember to reinstall LW first.

Did you always see the firewall icon, when LW was connecting ok? There's probably a firewall in your Netcomm. What's the model (1300, NB5, NB9 etc)?

netcomm nb1 and thanks ill give it a bash

Try port forwarding for your NB1, the instructions are here.
Port Forwarding for the Netcomm nb1
Don't miss the step of setting up a static IP address, or port forwarding won't work.
LW's listening port, port in the 'manual port forward' box & port forwarded within the modem all have to be the same number