netstat yielded: tcp listening.
lsof yields: nothing.

Before I re-installed the OS I checked all that I could think of and
found no difference after Firestarter was initiated. The only think I
found was I had no Internet connection. All IPs seem the same.

Right now I would rather not start Firestarter. I would have to go
through a re-install again for about the 20th time. I will if it will
help you answer some questions.