Do this test:
Bug Report instructions & sample image Is the result True/False?
Which version of LW do you have?
Did you see these:
http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=31572 http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...threadid=33584 How to Direct Connect, Browse & Chat
What is it you want to do? If the chat window is open all you do is click into the chat area & type & then press send message.
If you righ-click the host & chat is shaded out it means they can't have a chat sent to them for whatever reasons such as not having chat enabled or too busy to receive or their p2p program version doesn't support chat.