Still not getting connected? Help us sort out your problem.

[Vladd44]

The purpose of this thread is for users who are having trouble getting connected.

With some reports we may be able to isolate something unique that is causing a problem.

Please no Mindless posts, this is for information gathering purposes only.


What operating system? (95/98/2k/XP) ?
What patch are you running? (link or version # etc)
What instructions specifically did you follow? (a link would be nice)
Who is your isp?
Router?
What addons to winmx are you running?
And anything else you think might have bearing, nothing to small.

[Pixie]

I can get connected, but I've discovered that the latest dll patch doesn't always play well with Azureus.

I was running Azureus earlier today, and tried to start up WinMx to check in on my favorite chat rooms. WinMx would open, and then immediately crash. At the time, I was downloading and seeding. When the download finished (but I was still seeding), I could open WinMx, but it wouldn't connect. If I stop all transfers, WinMx connects just fine. Also, if Azureus isn't running at all, WinMx is fine.

I'm on Windows XP pro. ISP is Charter (cable). LinkSys Router. Not running any addons at the moment, though I do have MxMoni installed. I'm currently using the ws2_32.dll patch that I got from here and put into my WinMx program folder. There are no other dll files in that folder. Oh, and this is WinMx 3.53. I have no idea if the same problem would occur with the 3.54 beta. Azureus version is 2.3.0.4

I've recreated this several times on my system, including after a fresh boot.

[Guest]

I've gone through the steps ,as instructed, and still can't seem to kog onto the WinMX net. Please help......
Thabks, Morneblade

[maralyn]

Im the same as Morneblade.It was fine last week.It wont connect at all.I have Windows Me and my connection is dial up.I think I read somewhere that winmx was pulled?????I have tried the thing where you rename your hosts file to original host but that did diddly squat.Please help...............I have tried to use Kazaa and it sucks.I want my Winmx back.................please help any advice would be awesme.I am not that computer literate so forgive my ignorance.

[monika250]

ok i'm operating wind xp, i just reformated the computer and reinstalled winmx. the windowns havent been upgrated yet. my isp is comcast cable.i installed the patch thru your site. I still cant connect after more Than 24 hrs any help would be great

[Guest]

I replaced the "host" file, but the thing still won't connect. I'm running XP home.

[(¯`·.¸Unique¸.·´¯)]

Regarding the newest fix dl'ed here (installxp2.2.zip):
Running Win 2000 pro english, latest sp.

Using setup.exe to replace 'hosts'. This is what happens:
The 'hosts' provided with the fix, changes to hosts.bak (none other changes, the inside of the file looks the same).

In the systemfolder the 'hosts' remain the same, and a new file called 'hosts.new' appears. The hosts.new contains the new settings (but will not work of course).

I belive this is a bug with the installer itself (may be caused by the way win 2000 works).

I also noticed the hosts-file contains tabs, not a regular space between ip-address and hostname. I'm not sure, but i belive that could cause some problems on win 2000 in some cases.

[Guest]

I have XP home and run on DSL bellsouth and tried both connections on the connect screen, primary secondary, no luck.

[Guest]

im runnin xp... tried alllll patches... cant connect... isp is optimum online.... and i have a modem... (no router) seems summin is blockin my 'hosts' files... dunno wat tho...

[Debaser]

I find that I can connect as secondary for a very short while, but sadly when I hit primary I am kicked off the Razorback2 server on eMule within seconds.

So for me, secondary is the only option, but that is where I have trouble staying connected - after 10mins on secondary I lose connection!!

I am currently using the original patch that replaces the hosts in windows.
Is there a better option for me?... like puting the old hosts back and trying a new patch?.... and if so, which one??

Cheers

[a is for apple]

Im having trouble connecting, to sabres peer cache
Anonymous looks in winmx folder to see any new dll files I may have installed.

naughty naughty me no like.

I suppose I cant moan too much at ya though and thank you for the good you have done recenlty.

[subhuman_bob]

I've gone through the steps ,as instructed, and still can't seem to kog onto the WinMX net. Please help......
Thabks, Morneblade

What operating system? (95/98/2k/XP) ?
What patch are you running? (link or version # etc)
What instructions specifically did you follow? (a link would be nice)
Who is your isp?
Router?
What addons to winmx are you running?
And anything else you think might have bearing, nothing to small

Did you decide to just post a question without reading the first post on this threead?
More info needed from you before anyone can help you.

[Debaser]

find that I can connect as secondary for a very short while, but sadly when I hit primary I am kicked off the Razorback2 server on eMule within seconds.

So for me, secondary is the only option, but that is where I have trouble staying connected - after 10mins on secondary I lose connection!!

I am currently using the original patch that replaces the hosts in windows.
Is there a better option for me?... like puting the old hosts back and trying a new patch?.... and if so, which one??

Cheers

What operating system? XP
What patch are you running? SEE ABOVE
What instructions specifically did you follow? SIMPLY UNZIPED AND REPLACED HOST
Router? NO
What addons to winmx are you running? NONE
And anything else you think might have bearing, nothing to small. NO

[subhuman_bob]

Running Win 2000 pro english, latest sp.

Using setup.exe to replace 'hosts'. This is what happens:
The 'hosts' provided with the fix, changes to hosts.bak (none other changes, the inside of the file looks the same).

In the systemfolder the 'hosts' remain the same, and a new file called 'hosts.new' appears. The hosts.new contains the new settings (but will not work of course).

I belive this is a bug with the installer itself (may be caused by the way win 2000 works

You may have already found the problem- now you just have to act on it! First, try replacing the tabs with spaces, since Windows wants to see a space between fields. Notepad will work fine for this. Second, maybe I'm misinterpreting what you wrote but it sounds like your system's host file wasn't ever changed- you say the one provided with the fix became hosts.bak and that hosts.new appeared. If your hosts file (the one with no extension) is write-protected that may have been the cause. Try right-clicking on it, selecting properties and un-selecting "read-only" for starters. REmember that after changing the hosts file you need to either reboot or execute the command "ipconfig /flushdns" fromt he command line. This can be done by clicking on start, click on run, and type "ipconfig /flushdns"
Hope some of this helps, Unique!

I can get connected, but I've discovered that the latest dll patch doesn't always play well with Azureus

Pixie, I had problems with the DLL patch as well. With it, I looked to be connected to the WPN but I couldn't "whois" or "browse" anyone so I went back to the hosts file change and they worked again. Have you tried or had any luck with am updated hosts file? Granted that there are a few extra step involved this way, but I'd rather do a little more work if it means that the system doesn't crash.

I find that I can connect as secondary for a very short while, but sadly when I hit primary I am kicked off the Razorback2 server on eMule within seconds.

So for me, secondary is the only option, but that is where I have trouble staying connected - after 10mins on secondary I lose connection!!

Debaser- people aren't staying long on secondary because there are too many secondary connections versus the number of primaries. Have you tried connecting to the WPN and eMule in different sequences? Try WPN first then eMule, and vice-versa. If you can find a way to get on primary it will solve your short connection problem, as well as some of the connection problems others are mentioning.

Maralyn and 2 people above named guest- anyone on dial-up is going to have problems until we get more people with primary connections. Unfortunately with dial-up you have no choice- with limited bandwidth, you're stuck with secondary. Each person connected primary can handle a number of secondary people, the exact number will vary but for an example my WinMX box is currently handling 16 secondary connected people. This is why people are being urged to connect primary if they can (hint, hint Debaser!)

[Debaser]

Thanks subhuman_bob

I will try as you suggest.

I blame my ISP for me not being able to run MX primary and eMule simultaneously, because although I can get good download BW, upload is very low with NTL.

Ideally id love to stay on primary, but I am hooked on eMule as well.

I know this doesn’t really help winmx, so I should probably feel guilty.

I would imagine, or at least hope things will slowly improve for secondary, but like I said "I will try as you suggest".

Cheers

[d4x]

Ok I've been at this for aleast 24 hours, And im yet to connect to primary or secondary, I've done everything from switching between all the patchs to totally reconfiguring my pc. And the end result is always the same.

OS-Windows Xp Professional Sp1
Current Patch- "PIEpatch2-1.3.exe"
Instructions Followed- I've tried everything i myself could think of, And even tried everything i saw as being useful from all the posts.
ISP-Telus Communications
Router-No im currently not running a router.
Mx Add-ons-Im not running any extra applications dealing with winmx.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

[nukleopatra]

i have followed the instructions on the page for installing the host file, but im not getting the same window box as pictured on this site. i am running windows xp....any help please?

[ssurefire]

I have been using winmx for over a year now...all of the sudden it can not connect...it just keeps saying its seeking a connection. I am running XP and i have a cable modem set up. nothing else running on a router or anything.I can surf the net...i just cannot get it to connect to winmx. Thankas

[Guest]

Hey i have been having trouble connecting for a week now. my internet connection is fine though i have tried everything that can help me on the front page can you help?
thanks
rachel
:s

[Guest]

[Guest]

This is totally doing my head in i cannot connect at all ive tried reinstalling the damn thing over and over, while it was going through set up it was initilizing a connection and couldnt find one. Please help someone i need music lol

[AMOK Chaos]

os = XP home edition
patch = PIEpatch2.4 (currently... have tried several others too)
link = http://www.vladd44.com/mx/peercaches.php
isp = optimum online
no router .... (a modem tho)
no addons to winmx but am hosting thru WCS server

Thnx for any light u can shine on this problem

Keep up the good work!!!

**ÀMØK** ¤¤Çhãô§¤¤

[subhuman_bob]

d4x and Chaos, it's good to see that at least 2 of the recent posters read Vladd's first one about information we need. Thank you both, because we can't help you if you don't give us the info we need.
d4x- correct me if I'm remmebering wrong, but isn't the default Windows install directory called "WinNT" instead of "Windows"? That may cause trouble with an automatic installer- the hosts file would belong in (assuming your boot drive is C:) C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts winnt, system32, drivers and etc are folders- hosts is the filename. I may be pointing out the obvious, but sometimes it's best to start with the basics.
Chaos- you may want to double-check that as well, etc is a folder. Also I've heard of conflicts with some programs, I'm not sure if WCS is one of them. Did you try connecting without it running?

This is totally doing my head in i cannot connect at all ive tried reinstalling the damn thing over and over, while it was going through set up it was initilizing a connection and couldnt find one. Please help someone i need music lol

WinMX will always fail the connection test in intitial setup or if you re-run the setup wizard. This is due to the original peer servers being down. Even if everything is set up properly, it will fail. You need to manually configure it, which it gives you the option to do once the auto config fails. Just use whatever your settings were before you reinstalled WinMX. If you had given us all the info we requested I could probably tell you what these setting would be, but you didn't so this is all the help I can give you right now.

i have followed the instructions on the page for installing the host file, but im not getting the same window box as pictured on this site. i am running windows xp....any help please?

nukleopatra- so what box are you getting?

I have been using winmx for over a year now...all of the sudden it can not connect...it just keeps saying its seeking a connection. I am running XP and i have a cable modem set up. nothing else running on a router or anything.I can surf the net...i just cannot get it to connect to winmx

ssurefire, Have you tried any patches? I'm guessing not. Until you install one, there's zero chance of you connecting. If you're still having trouble at that time, please follow instructions and provide us with the requested information in order to better help you.

[**ÀMØK** ¤¤Ã]

WOO HOO!!! im connected again on primary... dunno how i did it... alot of uninstallin/reinstallin wuz involved and suddenly... 'presto'... anyway im now connected on primary... let me know wateva i can do to help the 'cause' !!!

THANKS TO ALL OF U FOR UR AWESOME WORK ON THIS!!!!!

**ÀMØK** ¤¤Çhãô§¤¤

[**ÀMØK** ¤¤Ã]

actually.... **ÀMØK**diablo did all the work by remote....
he says its ok if anyone needs his help...
zac_burden@hotmail.com
his msn addy.....

thnx again all involved : )

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