Buddy (Dave) and me (Geo) have same 2Wire box, same ISP (SBC), Dave runs WinXP, Geo runs Win2kPRO... otherwise, same configs for both of us...

For Direct Connect ... {Dave :: Geo} and {Geo :: Dave} --- about 1% of our Direct Connect Download attempts are successful...

the other 99% of our Direct Connect Download attempts go like this:

Queued.... Connecting.... then A or B... Where ::

A=Need more sources...

B=Awaiting sources...

Same hosts... but random results = A or B... WTF???

What is the DIFFFERENCE between those results???

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Meanwhile, if we search for some unique files on each other's shared files, it NEVER finds them... Bizarre...

However,

For fabion<>Geo and Geo<>fabion -- 99% are successful. Bizarre...

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Why is it working Geo<>fabion and also OK for fabion<>Geo... yet, Geo<>Dave and Dave<>Geo = NOGO??

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SBC <> AKA = AOK!

SBC <> SBC = NOGO!

WTF?

I'm thinking... the clues to a solution may be here somewhere?!

LimeWire bug??? ISP problem??? Firewall config issue???