Posted by db on 11/30/05 12:15

<weathermansays@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1133328274.673848.201960@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
>I know this topic has been addressed on the board and I've perused
> other posts to rid WinMX of the "Waiting for Incoming Connection"
> syndrome. Specifically, I entered the numbers of the "incoming' and
> "in/out" ports in my firewall (I've opened them up).

If you have a router or modem with NAT/firewall you'll probably need to
configure port-forwarding through that as well. Also check to see if
Windows XP, if you use that, has its in-built firewall enabled for your LAN
connection.

> Anyway, more than ever, I'm still getting the above response. But now
> there's a new thing -- O'm getting "disconnected" when it looks like I
> can connect (just after it says "negotiating"). This is happening with
> such frequency that it's hard to believe EVERYONE is disconnecting me.
> Also, people can't get anything from me either -- they get stuck on
> "Waiting for incoming" no matter what I try.

Both most likely to do with your TCP not being open to the outside world as
above. Sometimes it can be ISP related though...

> So my qu is: Is WinMX now dead?

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> I've downloaded both patches and also tried connecting as both a
> primary and secondary user. I've also completely disabled my firewall
> as an experiment. Still no dice. Is WinMX being monitored or
> something? Any info appreciated...

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