user697: My bitcoin client stops populating at 8 connections and 112949 blocks, event I left it running for over 12 hours now. I checked my internet connection and firewall, all seem OK. Restart it a few times still make no different.
Appreciate any suggestion.

user208: Try deleting your blkindex.dat and blk0001.dat files (do NOT delete wallet.dat, even better make a backup), and let bitcoin re-download the chain. The exists a rare situation where the block chain files become corrupted, and bitcoin does not accept any new blocks.

697: <p>My bitcoin client stops populating at 8 connections and 112949 blocks, event I left it running for over 12 hours now. I checked my internet connection and firewall, all seem OK. Restart it a few times still make no different.</p>

<p>Appreciate any suggestion.</p>
 208: <p>Try deleting your blkindex.dat and blk0001.dat files (do NOT delete wallet.dat, even better make a backup), and let bitcoin re-download the chain. The exists a rare situation where the block chain files become corrupted, and bitcoin does not accept any new blocks.</p>
