Author Topic: Connection "Loop" (Read 2919 times)

smurf64 · « **on:** April 15, 2007, 08:33:36 pm »

My WinMX was working fine until I had a Windows update. My connection seems to drop out every 7-10 minutes, which is very frustating. My internet connection is broadband, so is continuous. I usually have loads of people downloading and in my queue, but have no-one now - indicating that there is a problem.

Anyone got any ideas?

Help!!

Me Here · « **Reply #1 on:** April 16, 2007, 11:41:57 am »

Hi Smurf,

A bit more info please?

Do you have a router or DSL modem with router like ability?
What version of MX and are you primary or secondary?
What patch are you using? What does it say in the update bar on WinMX under your version.
What Operating system are you using? XP? Vista?
Do you have any incompletes?

smurf64 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 16, 2007, 09:18:36 pm »

Do you have a router or DSL modem with router like ability? - Router (Speedtouch)

What version of MX and are you primary or secondary? 3.54 beta - secondary

What patch are you using? The latest one

What does it say in the update bar on WinMX under your version. Patch operational

What Operating system are you using? XP

Do you have any incompletes? Yes, quite a few

Hope these answers help diagnose the problem.

Cheers

Me Here · « **Reply #3 on:** April 16, 2007, 11:07:14 pm »

Ok my first suggestion is to reload your patch. Its not as common as the earlier patches but some microsoft updates have disalebed the patch so try that first.

Secondly remove your incompletes from the transfers screen for now and if things go well you can add them one at a time. The new patch does remove fakes from your searches however.. it is possible to encounter one at times when the block list is being updated. So to remove that possibility its best to take them out of the equation.

After you have done this let us know how you get along.

smurf64 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 17, 2007, 08:26:54 pm »

I have reloaded the patch and removed the incompletes from my transfers screen.

There is nothing in my transfers windows and I have entered searches, but it is still dropping out.

Any more suggestions?

Me Here · « **Reply #5 on:** April 18, 2007, 09:32:43 am »

Yes Smurf,

Id like you to try this patch change...

This patch you will notice is made for Vista issues much like the one your having. Although your on XP, this fix for Vista may help you as well. I'd Like you to follow this post instructions and you can download this patch you'll notice its an attament at this post

https://forum.winmxworld.com/index.php?topic=4360.msg26410#msg26410

Once your set up and running let me know ..

smurf64 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 18, 2007, 01:24:33 pm »

Tried to download but asking what to open with. What do I open with?

Sorry to be such a pest!

Bearded Blunder · « **Reply #7 on:** April 18, 2007, 03:05:52 pm »

just save it to your winmx program folder in place of the file there with the same name, winmx uses it, you don't have to do anything about opening it

smurf64 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 18, 2007, 08:48:56 pm »

Hi, it's me again!

I saved the dll into WinMx and restarted my computer. Unfortunately I'm still dropping out, and now I can't even get any results from a search.

I love WinMx and I'll be gutted if I can't get it working properly again.

Me Here · « **Reply #9 on:** April 18, 2007, 10:20:44 pm »

Make sure smurf that yoru port settings were as they were before. If your on secondary then the search results are usually down to the primary that your connecting through.. try freshing a few times and see if you get better results.

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #10 on:** April 19, 2007, 03:29:42 am »

You can always check if your ports are open here:
http://winmx.dnsalias.com:801/scan.py

Cheers

smurf64 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 19, 2007, 07:14:21 am »

I'm on secondary connection but I've used the link to check if my ports are open.

The incoming on 6699 says is closed, but the outgoing on 6257 is open.

I haven't dropped out for a few hours now and people are taking files from me (albeit slowly - 3-5K rather than the 20-30 I usually see). I'm queued on a few files but haven't managed to download any yet. Will keep you posted.

smurf64 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 19, 2007, 11:02:34 am »

Spoke too soon!! Keep dropping out again. Managed to download a few files a good speed, and people were getting off me at good speed.

Suddenly I got the "connecting" at the top and it keeps dropping out again.

smurf64 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 19, 2007, 04:07:28 pm »

I am now receiving an error:

Exception Occurred - SearchPath: The system cannot find the file specified

smurf64 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 20, 2007, 04:22:57 pm »

Hi

Hope you haven't forgotten about me.

I uninstalled WinMx and reinstalled it. All seemed ok for a while but then the connection started dropping out again.

I've checked the ports and once again 6699 is coming back as closed but 6257 is open.

Me Here · « **Reply #15 on:** April 20, 2007, 04:30:58 pm »

Hi Smurf,

No I havent forgotten about you, im just totally stumped as to what the problem is, the dropping seemed better after the new patch however,, this new error ive never encountered.. was hoping someone else might read this and have some fresh ideas...

smurf64 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 22, 2007, 09:26:38 am »

I've stayed connected for a while now, but the transfers are excrutiatingly slow - less than 1k. It's as if my connection is dial-up, but I'm on broadband.

Strange!!!

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2007, 01:59:34 pm »

Tha's your ISP throttling you... They throttle the downloads of winmx ....
No solution except changing ISp's

Cheers

smurf64 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2007, 05:01:23 pm »

Why now though? I've been downloading okay for ages, why would I start getting probs now?

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2007, 05:35:21 pm »

As your ISP has started throttling you now, and it was not doing so before... about as simple as that

Cheers