Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried increasing the connection timeout to 15 seconds, and it does not see to help.

One key observation I made with Phex's behavior is that:
- in sp1, phex will start with "my address: 127.0.0.1:<port>" and within seconds change the ip address to my publicly visible address automatically
- in sp2, phex just stays with "my address: 127.0.0.1:<port>", and never grab on to my public ip address.

Is there anything I can do to change this behavior?

(p.s. I have tried exporting my public address in options and it does not see to help.)