Boinc might be good -- if it worked (?)

Hi,

I've used the classic SETI screensaver for years on multiple PC's, but
earlier tonight decided to go ahead and try out Boinc.

Boinc downloaded and installed just fine. I successfully transfered my
account to Boinc and set my preferences via the web based configuration.

I successfully "attached a new product" (SETI) using the given URL and
Account Key. After entering the URL and Account Key, it appears to have
successfully negotiated with the host. In the transfers section of Boinc
it is now unsuccessfully attempting to download a program called
"setiathome_4.09_windows_intelx86.exe". Not a single bit of this 786k file
has transfered. Its status has remained hung as downloading.

Thinking maybe SETI is down, I set up an account for the "ProteinPredictor".
Same thing -- successful account creation and activation but no net traffic.

Relevant info: WinXP (SP1), broadband cable, no proxy servers, software
(Norton) firewall configured to allow Boinc full network access, no problems
at all with any other network enabled software, ect. Thinking perhaps that
port forwarding needed to be enabled on my wireless router (no mention of
required port forwarding in Boinc website though), I tried setting both this
particular PC in a "DMZ" and as a last ditch connected it directly to the
cable modem (bypassing the router). Same results.

I'm hoping that Boinc is just down. (?) I'm getting the same non-results
from several PC's, even though my router has been ruled out. The classic
SETI screensaver is still running just fine on one of the PC's.

Anyway, I don't want to sound disgruntled, but I really don't feel like I
should be needing to do extensive troubleshooting to get this thing to work
when I am "donating" my own CPU cycles. If this thing is more complicated
at the user level than what it needs be then, unfortunetly, I'm going to
have to uninstall it and just go back to the classic SETI until they
discontinue the project via that application.

So -- I'm hoping that it is just down right now? (On their website, it
shows the status for all the servers being in the "green" though.)

Thanks!
-Eric