I have read the FAQ on firewalls, but was unable to find any solutions to my problems. When I add gnutellahosts.com:6346
in the field adjacent to the Add Remove buttons in my Gnutella client, it flashes in the above list for about half a second and then disappears. I suspect this is a firewall issue. How can I attempt to get around this for incoming files only?

That's what it's supposed to do. It connects to gnutellahosts.com:6346, downloads a list of hosts, and then disconnects.

Which client are you using?

get bearshare.. this client is perfect.. just make sure to keep checking back .. its new software and there's bound to be bug fixes ... but i have run it all night and it diddnt crash.. its great. it even tells you where connections hail from.. i had one from japan.. and it showed a little picture of a japaneese flag. it has more features than any other gnutella client.

but about the firewall problem.. im not sure.. but mabey you should try changing your port?

Thanks for the help. However, when I see the connection flash in the top box, it doesn't seem to have long enough to download anything before it disappears. After it has gone, all of my lists remain empty... ANy other ideas?

hi, i have the same problem.

i am also behind a firewall (winroute) and cannot connect.

gnutellahosts.com disappears after a few seconds and i am not connected to any host

can you help me?

jeffsaul and javari:
Which client are you using?

I have tried Gnutella and the latest BearShare client. I have the same problem with both clients although Bearshare gives me more hope when I try different ports.
If I use gnutellahosts.com I get connection refused within two seconds. If I use gnet.ath.cx it counts down from 11 to 1 and times out. I have tried adding different ports to these addresses, such as 8080, 1080, 80, 443. Can anyone think of anything else I can try?

I have the same problem with connecting and I think I'm behind a firewall also. Is there any way to bypass this and get this **** to work?

I'm behind a firewall using Mactella v 1.0.1. I can connect to the Gnutella network and search, But when I select a file to download, it won't download. I have arrows spinning with "connected" showing, and I can also see a large list of hosts, but nothing else happens.
Why can't I download?? Does Gnutella/Mactella need any special internet protocol? Or can it use http. I think we have an http port open on our LAN that I could try instead of the default (6346). Is that port for a special protocol? Any help is appreciated.

bo peeps...
im also behind a firewall and i am having problems... i am using bearshare and hacktracer, but it seems i can never hold a connection for more than 5 seonds. within that time that connection speed can reach up to 17kbps... is this right or is it just my pc? im new to gnutella but not new to pcs. ita a shame about napster, but gnutella will hopefully keep us all amused...