You guys should be looking here...
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=29489
Have you double (and triple!!) checked your Firewalls aren't getting in the way of FT+ ??
I've had "
awaiting connections" problems myself and found out after
much testing it was my Firewall (even though with older builds of FT+ the Firewall hadn't interfered?)
Never the less it's well worth getting up and running, it's a hell of a plugin!!
Post your problems at the above link and I'm sure you'll get more assistance?