Somewhere it has been mentioned that there were only 2, 3 connections, tops.
Makes sure you have your settings right in your Slothcoin.conf, it should contain, amongst other stuff:
listen=1
port=5107
This is the part that 'says' listen to port 5107, which is default actually, but just to make sure.
If you use 'listen=0' then Slothcoin would pick a random available port. But the network seeks contact, so to speak, at port 5107, always, 'cause that is hardcoded. Meaning you could only 'find' peers that are hardcoded into the software, or added in Slothcoin.conf via addnode=...., currently that would mean 3 at the most.
For a decentralised peer to peer network to function properly, in this case TCP connected, a default port needs to be known and peers need to have it 'open' and / or forwarded in their router / modem. WinX (meaning all Windows type OS's) computers could use something like UPNP to fix this automaticly. But that would mean your modem / router supports that. And not a lot do, if I remember correctly.
This is a bit of a shortcoming of the way most xCoins make their connections over TCP. In practise this would mean you'd have to open / forward your 5107 TCP port manually. And, off course, give permission in your firewall.
Could this be made easier? Well when you
look at software like StreamerP2P, you might think so, this works like a charm, but it uses UDP. And with Wallet software you always want to be sure your data was send and received. But this could be fixed with UDP to, by building in a control system. Why because UDP could be used for so called hole punching, no need to open ports manually, the software will do this with help of a superpeer.
But I've got a feeling that it is somewhere beyond the subject of an ANN thread.
Anyway, to support the Slothcoin network, and also your own wallet and mining, open and / or forward port 5107 to the computer you have Slothcoin running on. If you have another port localy, just forward port 5107 to that one. That's what your router / modem is there for.
If you set listen=1 and port=5107 (or another routed local port) the network of Slothcoins can connect to you and vica versa. So Slothy a stronger bigger network will be build.