[OT] any ideas why Maven 2.0.4 can not connect to any external repositories?

[Michael E Mercer]

Hello,

I finally got around to updating to 5.5-Stable from about a 6-9 months
before its last update.
Since then, I've been unable to connect with Maven 2.0.4 and Limewire
for that matter.

Any ideas, a config file I need to change now? 

Thank you,

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Michael E. Mercer