hi kluelos, i just tried your suggestion and i get 'success, i can you your service on port 8408, your ISP is not blocking 8408'
and when i check my windows firewall, the port is allowed also. I am running Norton Protection Center too, and i wonder whether that has an influence - can't seem to see any settings though, and if norton was blocking, then that URL you just sent me surely would not have worked?!?!?
i still have 38 seeds and 68 peers, with a 2k download.
hmmm, this is frustrating
any ideas would be greatly appreciated
:)