I too managed to connect no problem. I'm on dial up but I don't think that would make any difference.
I used the same settings as I always have (eg: Friday night freeflights) apart from the server IP address.
I've flown with Mike heaps of times previously and all appears okie dokie. I disconnected and rejoined a couple of times yesterday during the flight just to make sure I wasn't causing any issues and people were still able to continue.
Happy to join on to try and iron things out or eleminate possible causes.
My biggest problem was having my keys mapped for helo's and I have a collective setup which made flying the Fletcher very interesting. Well thats my excuse for some of those flight manevores and I'm sticking to it.