These connections are usually short lived. BearShare allows Gnutella Server providers to connect even if you are at the limit of the number of connections you specify. The FreePeers Agent shields incoming service connections from broadcast traffic of queries, query hits, spurious push requests, and ping messages. This indicates a connection you established manually to a Gnutella service provider. This is a temporary connection will be closed after BearShare responds with the IP addresses of other hosts to connect to.
Some incoming connections are for uploads or downloads.
This is a request for information about a shared file. This is a request to upload your shared file. Blocked The remote host was blocked from making a connection attempt due to repeated spamming or requesting the same file too frequently for download. IP address stay blocked for 5 minutes. Canceled The FreePeers Agent canceled an manual or automatic connection request.