well, don't feel alone I have similar problems and questions. I've used Xolox for a few weeks. Sometimes I connect and get hundreds of search results, and other times I get no results at all for the same search... or any searches. I can connect to anywhere from 2-3 peers to 6 or 7, and have no idea what a "peer" is or how to "connect to more hosts" as it is suggested when searches are small.