Ok I have been checking the log frequently and havent found anything that indikates reason for my suspicion - it seems that it is the hosts that did not answer that get removed ...

Could it be a question of the timeout - or that their line is to buisy ?

I mentioned that I had found two individual files on the same host and one started right away - but the other lost the same host and had to as a result generate unnecessary Search traffic if it wanted to get the file again...

What surely can be said is that the efficiency of Phex within the last few versions has gone down a few 100 percent and I suspect the networktraffic up the same factor !!!

It is wrong to drop a Host from the list for not responding one to x times ...

Also next I am going to post this in the Host catcher thread:

I would like to see a filter cause I am suspecting that my default port is blocked here in the University - so why waste so many atempts on hosts with blocked ports from my catcher when reconecting ? when I choose one of the random ports it connects just fine - If I dont it'll take forever to reconnect !

Vielen Dank Greg and all !!!