Author Topic: WinMx Connection Solution : Welcome Back Filtering ! (Read 7496 times)

GhostShip · « **on:** July 03, 2007, 03:19:16 am »

Folks , I make a rather large apology to you all for the over extended delay in reaching a solution to the patch problem

I hope you forgive me and join with me in thanking the crew of folks who took part in ensuring your favourite solution was restored to its rightful place in your winmx folder.

Oh ..get your solution here

https://www.winmxworld.com/tutorials/connection.html

Cheers to all those patient folks out there

As I mentioned earlier the folks who took part in this second effort to restore matters to normal will be given a special pride of place once the list of names are gathered as it would be wrong to miss anyone out, I hope you join with me in thanking them all and KM himself for aiding the effort.

Happy Dude · « **Reply #1 on:** July 03, 2007, 03:39:37 am »

Thankyou Ghostship! Helping the WinMX community...

I'm sure people will forgive you, I'm sure they'd at least want to be connected to the WPN

Oh.. and...

I have mirrored this

http://220.240.168.62/happydude594

However please only use this as a backup, it is run on a home connection (not mine) which is low bandwidth

(If my ISP didn't put a limit on uploads I would have it running on my 1mbps up line

)

reef · « **Reply #2 on:** July 03, 2007, 04:01:14 am »

Thats great news Ghost...I don't think u'll find anybody upset when they find out about this

*Runs off 2 spread the news

]2aven (R.I.P.) · « **Reply #3 on:** July 03, 2007, 04:55:01 am »

Hi,
It appears that this doesn't work with winmx 3.1. I just had a hell of a time installing it and nothing worked until I installed an old version of winmx. I just wanted to let ppl know that in case thet were still using 3.1. btw ty to everyone at wmw for all the work they've done for us.

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #4 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:08:26 am »

Fianlly lol
Many many many many thanks for the fix

Cheers

Happy Dude · « **Reply #5 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:13:49 am »

Uh-oh.

Seems no hosts file patch is working for me, not even this one

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #6 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:17:35 am »

This one is a dll patch....
Yoy may need to delete all entries except this one from your host file:

127.0.0.1 localhost

Cheers

Happy Dude · « **Reply #7 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:23:49 am »

Unfortunately this doesnt seem to be working for me (deleted all entries from host cept 127.0.0.1 localhost)

SamSeeSam · « **Reply #8 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:26:45 am »

Check if firewall is blocking winmx

Worked for me like a charm

Cheers

reef · « **Reply #9 on:** July 03, 2007, 05:42:28 am »

I took me awhile to get it to work.... tried everything i could think of.... finally rebooted and started winmx right away and it hooked up within a second.

Happy Dude · « **Reply #10 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:47:37 am »

Still no go.
Reinstalled MX, checked firewall, port forwards, everything else.

I dunno it was working before I installed the new patch.

Would it be something to do with the DNS?

tig · « **Reply #11 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:54:02 am »

Could be mate..

Try this

1. go to command prompt
2.with WinMX off Start > run > type in cmd
3. click enter
4. then type in the DOS box ipconfig /flushdns
5. then hit Enter key
6. restart WinMX

tig · « **Reply #12 on:** July 03, 2007, 06:54:15 am »

oh let me know hoe things go

Happy Dude · « **Reply #13 on:** July 03, 2007, 07:14:59 am »

Still no go.

So far, I've...

1) Installed the new patch
2) Reinstalled MX
3) Removed hosts file patch
4) Rebooted system
5) Checked firewalls
6) Flushed DNS
...all to no avail.

My system runs XP Home. All was well until KM took the old caches offline and I uninstalled his patch.

tig · « **Reply #14 on:** July 03, 2007, 07:16:55 am »

Happy come and visit us in winmxworld

The addy is

WinMXWorld.com Help_E3D7EFD5BABE

Mick832 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 03, 2007, 07:21:22 am »

Which host file did you remove. After applying new patch I have a host file with some modifications, not the original microsoft one. The host file I have says:

# Do NOT alter the following entry, it is critical for proper operation
#
127.0.0.1 localhost
87.118.110.160 www.winmx.com

Reinstall WinMX, run the patch and go look at your host file.

J a M e S · « **Reply #16 on:** July 03, 2007, 07:25:51 am »

thats just for winmx.com for the update bar i belive, tiny's hosting it, hard to explain, say winmx.com really goes to say google.com (i know it doesnt) but with that in the hosts file it goes to the website tiny is hosting..

Happy Dude · « **Reply #17 on:** July 03, 2007, 08:08:31 am »

The update bar works fine without 87.118.110.160 www.winmx.com.
Still no go as to me connecting

White Stripes · « **Reply #18 on:** July 03, 2007, 02:27:12 pm »

Quote

Please Note: current installer will overwrite custom hosts file entries.

can i ask what it puts in the hosts file before installing this? is it just the single line that mick shows or does it add more?

also... just to make sure.. will it eventually be fixed so that it doesnt overwrite custom hosts files?

White Stripes · « **Reply #19 on:** July 03, 2007, 02:55:13 pm »

er... i just started winmx and it connected without needing the new patch...

what gives?