For what it's worth, I'm on Vista Ultimate, im connecting to a free public access point. The problems is that every time i use limewire or download a torrent to be more specific I get disconnected even more so than I usually do. It happens right when the download starts. I'd like to know if maybe the provider has some sort of block for downloading that doesn't even warn me of such a thing, and just disconnects me from the network.

Very difficult, if not impossible to block current P2P altogether.

Sounds to me like you could be maxing out your providers router by the torrent application demanding to many connections??

Either change the settings in Limewire to limit the number.
or,
Use Bittorent 6. Free to download. Read help and set it up properly/acording to your available bandwidth/use it off peak, so you're not hogging bandwidth on a community resorce.

Then go into options and limit the amount of globel connections.
Use speed guide to set realistic connection speed.

We had a bloke from Romania who used our hoby WISP to download only. Had to power cycle the router twice a week till we nailed him, - and threw him off. Never did find out what he was using, but we have responsable Limewire and torrent users who give us no problems.
Use responsibly or your free access may well come to an end .

[Edited on 2/10/2008 by Fellsider]