http://www.plasmafire.net/upload/index.php?showtopic=406
Link is in there, the next version is coming out soon, will include battleships and capital ship encounters, cloaking devices, andall sorts of other fun stuff. Check it out!

Server is great, made me come back to freelancer. All it needs is more people! Try it out!

Actually I think it’s ok now. I’ve been able to get on the server, and any downtime was either a lagspike (which happens) or server-side. Thanks for all the support, see you on the front lines.

Ok, I opened the firewall ports, router ports pending, and I have managed to get some limited time on the server. I’ll keep tryng to streamline the connection, any other ideas?

I think It might be the router, which is a D-Link (I know, but my dad needed it for work).
Firewall is off while I play, so I don’t think that’s an issue.
I’m not going back to XP. I am one of those wierdos who is very happy with Vista. Vista is great, you just need to be prepared to strip it down and make it your bitch, show it who’s in charge.
I don’t know anything about NAT, but Halo 3 on my 360 (connected to the same network) whines at me about NAT too, so I’ll look into it.
As for UDP, which ports need to be opened? When I did have XP, i used a different router, but only played single-player, so I don’t have any info on that.
EDIT: Found the UDP Ports, 2302-2304. I’ll open these on the firewall, but I still have to figure out my rotuer and NAT.

Note the circled part.
Windows Vista Home Premium
This is constant, no matter what server I play on, whether or not I use mods. As soon as I make a new player and launch to space, it starts. First blink is yellow, then red computers for abut 10 seconds until it gives the error message that says “Connection to server has been lost, may be server side or intermittent lag etc. etc. etc.”
I have tried every other solution the I have found, switched to AVG Free antivirus, disabled Vista’s IvP6, turned off windows firewall, global workaround, yet the problem persists.
If I remember correctly, the red computers are a sign of losing connection with the server, though no other internet-using programs are running, and I have no trouble reconnecting (which gives the same result).

Now What?