i have no idea if i'm connected to bearshare or not, really. i'm guessing that i'm not because i can't search for anything. rather, when i click "search" the searches are "queued" and nothing ever happens.

i went to the troubleshooting area and tried the dos prompt command that it said, and dos replied with "request timed out." which apparently means i have a "general internet connectivity problem." what on earth does that mean?!! that doesn't help me at all! besides, i AM connected to the internet, my internet explorer and mozilla run just fine, i'm on an ethernet/LAN connection. can someone PLEASE help me ?
it would be much appreciated.
-very frustrated