HI, I'm having trouble connecting to Ares Galaxy. I've configured my router and my firewall to open the port for Ares, and it's still not connecting. I even used portforward.com's port checker to make sure I opened it correctly. The browser in ares seems to work fine, but no matter how long I leave it, I still get that "connecting" status. I've downloaded the program from sourceforge.net, so I'm fairly sure I've got the latest version. I've also tried to set it up to use my external hard drive as the sharing folder. Manual connecting and auto connecting when I start the program don't work.
Any ideas?
Configuration: Windows XP Windows firewall Belkin router Ares 2.1.1.3035 from sourceforge avast antivirus