Placeshifter not connecting

[JGirlNYC]

Hi- I've got SageTV on my desktop and SageTV Placeshifter on my laptop. Both computers are running Windows Vista. SageTV is able to play TV programs on my desktop but when I try to test the placeshifter connection from my desktop I get "The Locator server could not connect the IP registered for this Locator ID." I've set up a Static IP address for my desktop and have read the appendix N in the manual and followed all the firewall setting instructions. I've done all the port forwarding requested on my router.

So why am I still unable to pass the placeshifter connection test?

As for my laptop, I've configured my Locator ID and address with placeshifter then when I click connect I get an error connection message that says " The SageTV Placeshifter is unable to connect the the specified SageTV Media Center Server. etc."

I've spent all weekend reading thru forums and trying to figure out what in the world I'm doing wrong and I really need help. Any suggestions please?

Thank you