Like I said I have one PC that doesn't ever seem to have a problem connecting to nodes but I haven't really looked into why.
I get the connected peers from the wallet "Help > Debug > Console" and type "getpeerinfo". If nodes are in IP6 I convert it to IP4 here:
https://isc.sans.org/tools/ipv6.html and add it to the aptcoin.conf or type "addnode 175.43.121.56 add" in the Console.
Sorry I didn't meant how to see the peers, I meant to ask where did you get the new IP's. Did you find them or did the wallet find those ip's by itself. Thanks! My pc's say port 12946 is blocked or filtered. No matter what I do, router wise or firewall wise, they are not opened. But my guess is that they see the port closed because it is not in use at the time.
I gave all the necessary permissions, etc. Very strange.