Download this zip and unpack it into C:\Program Files\BearShare.db\
http://www3.telus.net/Aaron_Walkhouse/connect.zip
This should jumpstart your Bear with fresh nodes to connect to.

i did this and it worked, but sometimes i get the same error message (like today)... and i had to close and reopen bslite 5.2.5.1 a couple of times before successfully connecting. is there a problem with gnutella servers? unlike before i immediately get connected when i open bslite.. im using vista extreme edition 32bit..

just sharing... if anyone has an answer i would appreciate it...

thanks in advance

Your best option is to stop shutting it down so often. When you stay online permanently
it always has a full list of thousands of good nodes to connect with. People will also be
able to find your shared files much more easily when you become a reliable source
instead of one that's always vanishing before or even during their downloads.

Closing it and reopening it doesn't help at all, though you might get that illusion. You can
disconnect and reconnect without shutting it down if you enable the Hosts view and use
the controls in there.

If you're willing to change your system date to July 2005 when you start it, the beta
version is a good choice because you can switch it into ultrapeer mode whenever you
have connection problems. In that mode it connects to 26 peers instead of 2 and it will
always connect to about ten LimeWire peers alongside a bunch of .Bears