My phex error log is filled with this same error message that I have copied below. It literally fills the log file with the same message several times per mimute. I have never seen this before, it just started happening recently. I have always been able to search for and download files with no problems using socks connection. My ISP has been known to block p2p traffic but I have always overcome this by using socks up until just recently. Now even though I have optimal connection, I get little if nothing in my search results. Even if I search for a common phrase that normally would return hundreds of results, now it will return maybe 1 or two file at the most. Does anyone have any ideas on what the problems may be? I have not changed anything software, hardware, ISP's, socks servers, everything exactly the way it has always been which leads me to suspect my ISP is responsible. I even restored system back to when it was working fine, but nothing works? I barrowed a friends laptop and connected with my ISP and problem still exists.

error message: (the first two lines are always different depending on particular host)

080401 22:06:17,0294(100) Error/Download.Worker:: HardError at Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:4381 Vendor: Limewire - Exception: java.io.IOException: Invalid return address type for SOCKS5: -1
at phex.net.connection.SocketFactory.connectSock5(Unk nown Source)
at phex.net.connection.SocketFactory.connect(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.DownloadConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.swarming.SWDownloadWorker.connectDow nloadEngine(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.swarming.SWDownloadWorker.handleDown load(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.swarming.SWDownloadWorker.run(Unknow n Source)
at phex.common.ThreadPool$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

example 2:


080401 14:36:43,0871(100) Error/Download.Worker:: HardError at Host: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:6346 Vendor: RAZB - Exception: java.io.IOException: Invalid return address type for SOCKS5: -1
at phex.net.connection.SocketFactory.connectSock5(Unk nown Source)
at phex.net.connection.SocketFactory.connect(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.DownloadConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.swarming.SWDownloadWorker.connectDow nloadEngine(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.swarming.SWDownloadWorker.handleDown load(Unknown Source)
at phex.download.swarming.SWDownloadWorker.run(Unknow n Source)
at phex.common.ThreadPool$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

Hi regemite,
the error report might be misleading. I could be some other kind of connection problem.
I have changed the order of error evaluation for socks. The changes are in SVN if you like you can get and compile the most recent version from SVN or if you send me a PM I can send you one for evaluation.

Gregor

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Just a small suggestion to try, is a port between 49152 - 65535.
Also, "if" you are using a proxy, proxies sometimes need to be changed. And on that note, some proxies work and some don't, and some not very reliably.