Sorry, scoured the forums & couldn't find an answer to this. Have tried restarting PC & router. Yes, they are turned on. At least I didn't start my own thread !? Obviously can't put down the cash until this works.

I started LFS on Y & have now tried Z but have never managed to race online. (so neither patch has worked for me, unlike other Z only problems)

I can see how many possible hosts there are, but always get "NO REPLY" from 99% so only have 1 or 2 actual hosts I can chose from.
If a host does come up in the list & I try to connect, it will always (ALWAYS) fails at "DID NOT RECEIVE GUEST INFO"

Running XPSP2 (firewall off) on P4 2.8 (single) 512Mb, no AntiVirus. (new clean system & this is the 1st thing I'm trying to do on it) All LFS visual effects turned right down. Have tried P4 laptop - same result.

Connection=ADSL1 512/128
ISP=Internode.on.net (Adelaide, Australia & I'm in Melbourne)
Router/Modem=Billion/BiPac 7404VGP with 29339 & 63392 TCP & UDP open. Have tried turning router firewall OFF with no change. So many other settings on it though

speedtest.net result= 426/87 @49ms to Melbourne, 426/105@95ms to Sydney

Pingplotter suggests getting up around ~50ms to Melbourne, 190ms to Sydney, then over 300ms to UK all with 0% packet loss (if I'm reading it right).

Tried my company wireless modem (ISP=Optus.com.au) and it worked ok while showing 200ms on LFS board. (so PC is ok ?) Shows hosts, connects, races, but just had typical wireless lag (& prospect of getting me fired)

If problem is ISP, how do I gather the evidence to convince them ? They'll just do a download speed test & tell me everythings ok won't they ? And I know file downloading is fine - 426/87 out of 512/128kb/s looks right to me.

Thanks in advance,