Only 2 of 7 hosts
 

What do you have to do to connect to more than 2 or 3 hosts? I consistently connect to only 2 hosts, although occasionally I will connect to 3. I tried removing all of my Webcache Servers and adding a new group, but that had no effect. Perhaps I just don't understand what a "host" is.

Some explanation would be greatly appreciated.

There is not much you can do. Just sit around and hope that you can find some more hosts that will let you connect.

OK. But about "hosts"...
 

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!

Host(s) 6 of 7...etc...
 

I have to agree...I only have one or two peers today. Last night I had thousands of connections.

So, what happened? This doesn't make sense to me. I can't believe if I go to bed and awake that everyone in the world decided to turn off their computers.

Any help in this would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance!