Posted by FatKat on 01/19/28 11:27

spodosaurus wrote:
> Randy Hoops wrote:
> > It seems that RIAA has forced WinMX to shut down their peer cache
> > servers. This means that you will no longer be able to find other
> > primary user and the network quickly collapses.
> >
> > While there may eventually be tweaks that allow for alternative means
> > to find other primary peers, for the moment the WinMX network is dead.
> >
> > It took me about an hour to discover how to use the opennap functions
> > in WinMX.
> >
> > Read the instructions here:
> >
> > http://www.slyck.com/winmx.php
> >
> > You will need a .wsx file to get started, and you can download one
> > here:
> >
> > http://www.gotnap.com/servers.wsx
> >
> > After you have connected, you can search for new .wsx files.
> >
> > Open Nap using WinMx is not as good as the WinMx peer network, but it
> > keeps the process rolling.
> >
> >
>
> I must be doing something wrong...none of my downloads are resuming on
> opennap...
>
Impatience maybe. It takes a while for DL's to resume, but it happens.
I've DL'd over half the episodes of "Liquid Television" that way.
Now, if they were only not VHS rips, they'd be perfect.

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