I'm using the older version of Bearshare and after not being on for a couple of weeks have now been unable to connect at all
what's going on ?
( sorry I'm sort of a newbee )

Download a newer version of BearShare.

Try Gnucleus instead! Recommended.

thanks but I have tried using it and don't like it plus I have to keep my firewall on medium to use it

quote from bearshare.com

"BearShare uses the Clip2 DSS host list exclusively to obtain the initial entry points into the Gnutella network. "


quote from clip2.com

We have discontinued our Gnutella, OpenNap, and JXTA network tracking services. Our Gnutella host cache (gnutellahosts.com:6346) and JXTA rendezvous (jxta.clip2.com:6001 & 6002) services have been discontinued as well. The Clip2 Reflector, a proxy-and-index server for Gnutella, is no longer available for download or supported, and we have discontinued our listing service for public-access Reflectors.



best bet to get bearshare to work is enter ina new gnutella autohost
like router.limewire.com
or connect1.gnutellanet.com:6346

.. dont know if either will work tho