Exactly what is a "host?" The FAQ says Xolox doesn't use "super-nodes" so that isn't a host. Is it any other computer on the gnutella network? If so, why is it, when the status bar says I'm connected to 6 of 7 hosts (as it is right now - real unusual) and I go to my download tab, I am neither uploading nor downloading anything.

Is it because I'm connected to X number of hosts (back down to 2), but they aren't the computers with the files I have requested?

One more question while I'm at it. The old Gnutella client used to show thousands of computers I was connected to. It counted the entire "tree" of connections. Is this number of hosts the computers to which I am directly connected?

Not trying to pick nits here. Just trying to understand.

Thanks!