DDWest

you can use the normal gts ok, right?

Yea, and I can connect to other custome gts' just fine too.

hmm.. ok

go to a command prompt. type in this exactly:

netstat -a -o

a list will come up of every process running on your pc and what ip it's on/listening on. look for anything using port 80 or 53 and write down the process ID. once you write down the process IDs of everything, open task manager either by right-clicking on the task bar or ctrl-alt-del. in the task manager, you can view process IDs along with the process they correspond to. compare the PIDs to the running processes and find out what is using port 53/80.

I did that, but I didn't see anything that was running either port.

first thing i would do is check to see if anything is using port 80. common culprits are skype, steam, and IIS.

I don't have anything running the ports. I also used pkmportcheck.exe (or something like that) and it says both port 80 and 53 are open

"5. A black box will pop up telling you what IP address to plug into your DS. If the IP is 0.0.0.0 or 127.0.0.1, you need to open a command prompt and type in: "ipconfig"(no quotes) and hit Enter. Your IP address will be listed there in the info that comes up."

I (along with others, I see) get this problem, "set IP to 0.0.0.0". I get my IP from the ipconfig in the command line and plug that in. I connect just fine in the test, but when I go to the GTS it says "Unable to connect to the GTS. Returning to reception counter". It doesn't give an error, I can connect to yours just fine, and my ports are open. Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks.