Crash while Logging In

[Asiriya]

I seem to have a problem where my firewall doesn't want to let me play 2142. I get round it by switching it off while I play. However, recently it isnt working even with it off. Ill log in, select my soldier, and then instead of having the walker wait animation, it just pauses with the normal cursor. Is it just my connection taking a while to link up or is there something wrong?
:salute:

[peeth]

What firewall do you use?