Hello,

I started using Phex with version 0.6.4 and recently upgraded to 0.7.3. I'm running Windows 2000 behind a NAT router with my IP hard-coded for export and the Phex port open in the firewall. I share over 900MB in 301 files.

I have had difficulty connecting to other peers on the network. I can connect to the auto-connect hosts to get an initial list of IPs in the host-catcher...but I can't connect to the peers. I get a lot of "503 - full" errors, and far too many "connection refused" errors.

When I do manage to connect, I don't stay connected for very long. The peers drop the connection, I get "JVM error messages", or I get a "deprecated, no broadcast foward" messages (what does that mean, exactly?).

As for the connection refused, I have two theories:

1. Other vendors are coding to reject connections from Phex
2. My IP address was recently rotated. The previous person with this IP may have been an evil Gnutella user (distributing viruses and the like) and has been marked as "ignore" by just about everyone.

Are there any thoughts about this? Have I missed something vital? I've read other threads that talk about this problem, but there never seems to be any answers. I tried uninstalling and re-installing Phex but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time,

Clayton Rumley