I've been getting this problem since the server came back up after the downtime. When I start up dsupdate.exe and load Freelancer, then tgo to multiplayer and such, double click on Disco Rp 24/7, it immediately fails to connect. After trying it a few times, it them progresses to "This operation is taking longer than expected". After a couple of those, sometimes I can connect to the server, and sometimes I still cannot. I am trying to connect at roughly 130/200 capacity, I am running Vista, and I haven't had any kind of problems connecting before.