Hi Peter,
Check this thread in the Connections Forum. If you enter these hosts into your Tools > Options > Connections it should connect.
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showt...&threadid=15043
Good luck.
Oops, 0 files? Do you have files to share? Did you set up your shared folder? If not, go to Tools > Options > Shared and select a folder for sharing. That should take care of the 0 file problem. The other thread will take care of the Search not working. You are probably not connected. There have been some problems with connecting lately.