I have a seperate firewall running in addition to the windows XP firewall. I have configured it to allow Gnutella on both types of ports. I have also allowed Gnutella (on both ports) on the windows XP firewall. I still cannot connect. Then I deleted the directory, as recommended by the other thread -- i still can't connect. Please give advice, I think it still has to do with with my 2wire firewall for my network. Thanks