Make sure you start the daemon from a command prompt within the directory where fantomcoin resides.
In Windows 10, hold 'shift' while right clicking the folder: 'open command window here'.
fantomcoind --add-peer

Here are my current connections:
print_cn
2016-Oct-24 08:41:22.537664 Connections:
Remote Host              Peer id             Recv/Sent (inactive,sec) State                    Livetime(seconds)
[OUT]144.76.72.6:24080   e86512c62b7a36b3    9884164(18)/174818(12)   state_synchronizing      828
[OUT]176.9.147.178:8280  3bb4a4737743d368    8950063(9)/142553(10)    state_idle               816
[OUT]176.9.34.167:24080  e86512c62b7a36b3    8112020(10)/122242(11)   state_synchronizing      829
[OUT]188.0.42.57:24080   262d4ce25271cdff    11259934(9)/162302(11)   state_synchronizing      822
[OUT]195.154.181.121:828025b43e21597ed730    10235737(9)/147115(11)   state_synchronizing      810
[OUT]178.63.62.93:24080  6fce0dc5d630d4c2    9397809(9)/243309(11)    state_synchronizing      828