When useing the patch on a win98se machine, I found that reseting the DNS allowed me to connect without waiting. To do this on win98 click start, run, type
"winipcfg" (without the quotes) click ok. Click the drop down arrow and look for your LAN card name and click on it. You know you have the right one if all the spaces have numbers in them. Now click "relaese all" then click "renew all". Restart winmx and it should connect in seconds.
