I was directed to Bearshare 5.3.0 in another forum, downloaded that and still no luck. I did some thinking on it, and finally copied the connect.txt off my step daughters computer since she could connect, transferred it into mine. And now it all works great.

I tried your copy Aaron in case it was better than my current one, but instead of doing anything, it paused on the first 20 or so hosts. I dunno if it was just me or not, but thought I'd mention it.