I have clicked on all the small boxes in the firewall settings(that have cncnet name),and is till takes ages to get in game just like you wrote,i only have windows firewall,sry man i aint the best pc expert,i just press yes yes yes and hope it plays...:)
Cant connect to players in room,every 1 goes in game,and im still locked in room,and after 15 sec i gets me n game and says lost conn,got 150 mb conn,brand new pc,i allowed app trough firewall,what else? any1? Thx in advance! ;()