yeah think i'll stick to solo mining for now , the bbqcoin.megapool.co pool is up but it's having connection issues aswell, really liked that pool though.
I've tried several times the BBQ windows client but it stays out of sync forever. Does it work for you?
i did have the same problem, i did a fresh install, didn't work too...
but them i did some stuffs, i deleted the firewall rule, and put it back again.
also i open nat port, not sure if that is needed, i did disable uPnP, on configuration -> options
Disable uPnP that may work, if is already disabled, enable it them restart, always restart, to see if the change has worked
i did too restart my adsl modem(d-link haha dls500B)
i'm not sure what exacly helped me...but for some reason, is back to work.
its bad when that doesn't sync, its 'hard' to take out those coins in there, but is possible...i was kinda starting,then i see that was back on again...
anyway.Best of Luck fy