Gnutella Forums - Can't Connect

OK, i know their are a lot of connection problem threads, and i have looked through a few of them and have not yet found a solution to my connection issues. So i thought i would post with some more information, hoping for a solution.

I have Gnucleus 1.8.6.0, Windows XP SP2. I had an older version of Gnucleus running a while ago, with no problems. I had it connect through a DLink DI-604 router. I recently upgraded my router to a DLink DIR-625 wireless N router. this computer however is connected to the router via ethernet cable. I have forwarded port 6346 (TCP/UDP) in my router and set incoming port to 6346 in Gnucleus. I also have Windows Live One Care installed, and have allowed Gnucleus within its built-in firewall.

When i load Gnucleus the connecting bar gets about 50% to 70% and thats it, doesnt go anywhere. If i click on Advanced when i first load up Gnucleus then i see the 4 known nodes (connect1.gnutellanet.com through to connect4) however they disappear with in a few seconds, and the cache goes from 75% to 50% to 25% and then to Cache Empty and thats it. Also if i try to check for updates, i get a message saying can't connect to Gnucleus.net. I have tried going to Gnucleus.net and the page doesnt load. Could it be that Gnucleus.net is down and that is why i cannot connect as well? or is there a problem with my router/firewall set up or preferences settings.

I have tried the GnuConfig.ini fix of changing it to GnuConfig.ini.txt however as soon as i load up Gnucleus again it creates a GnuConfig.ini file.

I am posting my Config file as well

Code:

[Local]

ForcedHost=192.168.0.101

ForcedPort=6346

SpeedStatic=384

UpdateMode=1

TrayOnMin=0

TrayOnClose=1

NetMapping=1

ClientID=43E648C74FD1774EABF33116C4C811E7

[LocalNetwork]

NetworkModel=1

Lan=0

LanName=

InternalUpdate=0

InternalUpdateAddr=

InternalIRC=0

InternalIRCAddr=

SuperNodeAble=0

SuperNodeUsage=15

Dedicated=0

MaxLeaves=400

[LocalFirewall]

BehindFirewall=1

[Connect]

AutoConnect=1

LeafModeConnects=3

MinConnects=2

MaxConnects=6

[Search]

DownloadPath=C:\Documents and Settings\Compaq_Owner\My Documents\My Music\Downloaded

DoubleCheck=1

ScreenNodes=0

GroupbySize=1

GroupbyName=1

ScreenBusy=1

[Transfer]

PartialsInDir=0

MaxDownloads=10

MaxUploads=2

Multisource=1

MinDownloadSpeed=-1

MinUploadSpeed=-1

[Bandwidth]

BandwidthUp=10.00

BandwidthDown=0

[Scheduler]

Active=0

Connect=22:0

Disconnect=8:0

[Chat]

Nick=

AltNick=gnuwt6135

DisableIdent=0

[Share]

ReplyFilePath=0

MaxReplies=0

SendOnlyAvail=1

If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance