Works, but poorly. Why?
 

I got Gnotella working, downloaded a few files. But everyfile says busy, rtrying or push, etc...
For every 1 I download, 50-70 don't work. What have I done wrong? Any suggestions would be helpful.
This is my first post, so please give me some guidance.
Thanks

Pay attention to the first column in the Search window, it will give you a good idea if your download will start right away. If it says "Server Full", try elsewhere. If it's one of the red listings, they are behind a firewall and your chances are slim of connecting to them unless there is a plus sign (*) in front of the word "Available" -- meaning someone has successfully downloaded from them already.
Additionally, if you see a listing popup in red, try downloading from it right away. It seems like the longer you wait trying to connect to a firewalled server, the less likely you are to be successful. If it doesn't connect withing a minute you might as well abort it and go elsewhere.

Follow the above and you should have good luck about 80% of the time.