@Godson_Mansa
Did you ever get connection?
I was wondering if your using Win7 by any chance.
Let me know.
If Windows 7 is the culprit we will recompile the client on Windows 7 to alleviate any possible issues. (We usually use win8.1 or win10)
Although many people who have had issues are on Windows 7, I do not fully believe Windows 7 is the problem. I started a wallet and I'm solo mining through the wallet on Windows 7 without problems.
The only problem I faced was the default nodes were not allowing for connections. However, after adding the nodes others have posted into the config file, I have had good success. On both my Windows 8 and Window 7 wallets, I currently have 7 active connections, which is plenty to allow the wallet to fully operate.
I did notice however, when setting up the wallet on Windows 7, for the first hour or so I only had 1 active connection. I have let the wallet run throughout the evening and now have 7 connections. It is as if it just takes some time establish connections. It is sort of strange.
Thank you for clearing that up. Yes our nodes are practically maxed out. The network has exploded and we are launching more nodes in response to alleviate network sluggishness