If you answer the questions i asked above, i can help you further.

I was actually referring to jbennet, but nevermind :)

Sounds about right, i was unaware that you tried a direct connection.

NOTED: (From the other thread that it's to visuss).

I generally only look at the last thread, i'll look more thorough from now on

oh apologies. no name was stated, so i just guessed since it seemed you were stalking me in over 6 threads in 5 minutes :P

I was just concentrating on the last post, which was 1 day ago.

If your having ongoing problems with your connection at the PC end.
It's possible that your TCP/IP Stack has become corrupt.

XP SP2 users can type "netsh winsock reset" in command prompt, which...

We need to know what type of modem you have, who is your ISP.
What OS and Service pack are you using.
Is DHCP client enabled in Services.
Is TCP/IP configured correctly.
Are you getting a 169 IP...

Your router is causing the issue.
BitTorrent opens ports on your machine and listens for connections from peers/seeders.

You're looking to use, not the offical BitTorrent client, but something...