new gnucleus user. added more permanent nodes, no effect on getting connection and increasing download times.

can anyone please suggest a more expeditious soln?

1) Adding permanent nodes does NOT increase d/l times.
2) With permanent nodes, you have to wait a bit for the cache to fill up
3) You might be behind a firewall if you can't connect
4) If you still have no luck, download the hostlist file from qtella.net and load it into gnucleus.

Edit December 2013: Host cache lists with reliable nodes for Gnucleus: http://www.gnutellaforums.com/gnucle...-gnucleus.html