Well,well,well my friends. What I am seeing, now... Somehow my address changed and suddenly I am connecting like crazy. I don't know how it happened, but it happened. I must say that, as I thought, I'm getting a very good impression, a very good impression of Phex indeed.
I switched kernels, however. From 2.4 to 2.6; actually replaced my entire system since I last got "the error". This issue, I think, should be investigated further still.