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i must humbly apologize, it seems that what i was inserting, was "incorrect", and that was the cause of this problem.
However, and this may be interesting/important to note, i was lazy, meaning, i was copy- & pasting it(net:bridgewater....) out of this browser from the first page of this thread instead of typing it on my own.
I can connect like everyone else when i type it (though it takes some time to load).