Alright i think i got two more solutions for you.
1)To set up your own proxy, i downloaded and installed Winproxy, and from what i can tell it should suit your needs just fine. It has options that allow for NAT, so that an outgoing connection coming in on the proxy server can be trasfered to a port number (like 21), and thus gettting through your firewall. However it looks a little complicated to use, as there was a 290 page pdf instruction manual that came with it. Its going to take some time to setup and it also recquires a host computer with 2 ethernet ports. One for connecting to the internet, and the other for the nework setup behind your proxy server, which means you'll also need a router/hub/switch behind the proxy server. Also i have no idea how you are going to be able to download this, as i got it off of emule, and that is currently blocked by your firewall. I could give it to you on cd over christmas, if you'd like.
2)Another program i found that is similar to hopster is
bypass. I havent used it myself but it also looks like it supports kazaa, i have no idea what speeds it goes out, but it something for you to check out. Let me know how it goes.
[ December 08, 2003, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: buckeye ]