WinMX no more - Ends Operations
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Resurrecting WinMX
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=925
Resurrecting WinMX
September 23, 2005
Thomas Mennecke
WinMX fans awoke Wednesday to disturbing news. However before realizing this news, the WinMX population was faced with the inability to connect to this community. Finally news reports began circulating that individuals were not alone and indeed the entire community had collapsed including the WinMX.com website.
Although the demise of FrontCode Technologies along with its WinMX.com homepage would not have been the end of the world, WinMX.com provided the all-important host cache server. This server provided the IP addresses to WinMX supernodes, thereby allowing clients entry to the network. With the WinMX.com domain eliminated, the network collapsed. That is unless of course someone establishes a new method of connecting to WinMX hosts.
A WinMX group named TheSourceCode has created a hosts file that allows clients to connect to the WinMX network. The instructions are currently being distributed through a collaborative effort with P2Pzone.net, a popular Italian P2P news site. The combined effort to resurrect the WinMX network also includes individuals named "SABre'911", "Polini" and "Ramna."
The method is quite simple. Those involved in the effort have indexed over 200 functioning WinMX hosts readily available to incoming WinMX connections. It requires the user to download a new host list provided from P2PZone.net, which redirects the WinMX client to the functioning hosts. From P2Pzone.net:
This is the procedure to configure your pc to connect with WinMx:
1) Download a new host file from this URL: http://205.238.40.1/hosts/hosts
2) After downloading the "hosts" file (is a windows file included in the system) we can proceed.
3) Now paste the new file "hosts" in the Windows directory respective to its version:
For Windows 95/98/Me the directory is c:\windows\hosts
For Windows NT/2000/XP Pro the directory is c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
For Windows XP Home the directory is c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Now we can replace the "hosts" file.
4) For Win2k & XP users, sometimes may be necessary use the command "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command prompt.
5) Now, open WinMx and try to connect with primary connection!
Luca, the administrator of P2Pzone.net, tells Slyck.com this is a temporary fix and the developers are working on a more permanent solution. From public reaction so far and from our own testing, this method works exceedingly well. WinMX fans will certainly have a place to call home once again.
Update: If the above fix does not work for you, also try a fix available on Vladd44's resource page.
http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=925
Resurrecting WinMX
September 23, 2005
Thomas Mennecke
WinMX fans awoke Wednesday to disturbing news. However before realizing this news, the WinMX population was faced with the inability to connect to this community. Finally news reports began circulating that individuals were not alone and indeed the entire community had collapsed including the WinMX.com website.
Although the demise of FrontCode Technologies along with its WinMX.com homepage would not have been the end of the world, WinMX.com provided the all-important host cache server. This server provided the IP addresses to WinMX supernodes, thereby allowing clients entry to the network. With the WinMX.com domain eliminated, the network collapsed. That is unless of course someone establishes a new method of connecting to WinMX hosts.
A WinMX group named TheSourceCode has created a hosts file that allows clients to connect to the WinMX network. The instructions are currently being distributed through a collaborative effort with P2Pzone.net, a popular Italian P2P news site. The combined effort to resurrect the WinMX network also includes individuals named "SABre'911", "Polini" and "Ramna."
The method is quite simple. Those involved in the effort have indexed over 200 functioning WinMX hosts readily available to incoming WinMX connections. It requires the user to download a new host list provided from P2PZone.net, which redirects the WinMX client to the functioning hosts. From P2Pzone.net:
This is the procedure to configure your pc to connect with WinMx:
1) Download a new host file from this URL: http://205.238.40.1/hosts/hosts
2) After downloading the "hosts" file (is a windows file included in the system) we can proceed.
3) Now paste the new file "hosts" in the Windows directory respective to its version:
For Windows 95/98/Me the directory is c:\windows\hosts
For Windows NT/2000/XP Pro the directory is c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
For Windows XP Home the directory is c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Now we can replace the "hosts" file.
4) For Win2k & XP users, sometimes may be necessary use the command "ipconfig /flushdns" from the command prompt.
5) Now, open WinMx and try to connect with primary connection!
Luca, the administrator of P2Pzone.net, tells Slyck.com this is a temporary fix and the developers are working on a more permanent solution. From public reaction so far and from our own testing, this method works exceedingly well. WinMX fans will certainly have a place to call home once again.
Update: If the above fix does not work for you, also try a fix available on Vladd44's resource page.
Another option.....
Try this as well:
To get the server.wsx go to www.gotnap.com
1) Login...create a Login and password.
2) Wait for your confirming email.
3) Click on "Clients Formats"
4) Click on " servers.wsx"
5) Save it in a folder (your winmx folder is a good spot)
6) Open you Winmx program and click on OpenNap Protocal Networks.
7) Click on "Import.WSX and go to the folder where you downloaded servers.wsx. Double click on it and it will load up the list of servers that are shown on the Serverlist at gotnap.com.
8) Once servers are loaded, click (highlight) on what server(s) you want to connect. Then click on the "Connect" button and you are in business!!
There is always another option.......
Try this as well:
To get the server.wsx go to www.gotnap.com
1) Login...create a Login and password.
2) Wait for your confirming email.
3) Click on "Clients Formats"
4) Click on " servers.wsx"
5) Save it in a folder (your winmx folder is a good spot)
6) Open you Winmx program and click on OpenNap Protocal Networks.
7) Click on "Import.WSX and go to the folder where you downloaded servers.wsx. Double click on it and it will load up the list of servers that are shown on the Serverlist at gotnap.com.
8) Once servers are loaded, click (highlight) on what server(s) you want to connect. Then click on the "Connect" button and you are in business!!
There is always another option.......
Glad to hear that, haven't tried it yet, just heard it was an alternative.Rob Quarters said:
I don't really D/L that much anymore, pretty much got all I wanted but my p2p program of choice is Kazaa Lite K++. It works like the old Morpheus p2p only better, plus it's clean and free of all spyware etc.
Kazaa Lite K++ can be tricky to find because Kazaa proper along with the RIAA keep trying to knock it off the web. You just have to search for it till you get lucky and find it.
