Whoever has testnet acct 8045498363545361273, I am seeing the pings on my server. You are probably running ubuntu?
It seems there are some problems with Windows and maybe even Mac.
OK, it was a server side problem. I got it working on Mac, but I cant test on windows. I was seeing the same error on the Mac, so maybe it works on Windows now. I am not sure how many requests the server side can handle, it was designed for LAN, not for large number of simultaneous connections. If it dies while I am sleeping, as long as the nodeminer is running, you wont lose the nodecoins.
James
Edit: I am seeing 13997163105778396158 and 8045498363545361273 now. Can either of you test to see if you get the nodecoin Asset after sending in 1 NXT to the nodecoin server acct 18232225178877143084. Please report if you get the coins. It will happen on the next block after the block with the payment