sounds like either your internet provider or your internet settinngs are wrong ;;;go to internet settings for ie and post what they are here..
when i first loaded game ....over 600hrs ago i had similar problem.....now i got another problem myself .......after installing microsoft server patch
PLEASE tell me you didnt download it....
the server kept crashing crashing crashing...
.when i try to play in my own room
NOW AFTER FULL FORMAT
patch is gone....but when i play in my own room it still crashes server when trying to run some mods ...just little ones nothing like new worlds ........so i am having problems tooo ...after the 30th time of reloading Freelancer....over 600hrs of playing the game
you would think I would know whats going on by now
so if i can help you i will try

))))KING((((

Try this:

Go to Start/Run and type in dxdiag.

Go to Direct Play (under networking I think) and do the Direct Play test.

I had this problem trying to run my server...would NOT connect to global. After I did the test everything WORKED.


good luck