-=PCTechTalk=- Re: winmx
- From: Master NetLord <NetLord@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 23:18:53 -0400
Wellllllllllll OK <laugh>
Sounds good to me!
I actually liked the newer interface but I am sure it's a personal tate thing.
Glad to hear the storms are gone ;-]
Regards from the
"Keyboard Cowboy",
Master NetLord
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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Thursday
07/25/2002
11:17:48 PM
On Tue, 23 Jul 2002 21:26:47 -0700, Lee Rhodes wrote:
>
>Sorry I was slow in responding...high winds and rain and power
>outages again!
>
>Well when I got WinMX, it had instructions on it's site (doesn't
>now) and I was sure it said that only those were the ones that if
>you got caught up when you tried again later it started from where
>it left off. Now all I can find is this.....so I must be wrong!
>Q. What is the WPNP?
>
>A. WPNP is the WinMX Peer Networking Protocol. It's an almost true
>P2P protocol, which means that unlike Napster, the central server is
>not as important to the operation of the network. For the WPNP, the
>central server simply provides a means of entering the network, and
>been redirected to someone with a fast connection to connect to.
>Everyone with a fast connection (Cable+), acts as a mini server. The
>bandwidth requirements are minimal, but the result is a much bigger
>and faster network which doesn't use one central server for all the
>searching such as Napster. The only problem with the WPNP, is that
>it has a central weak spot. Remove the Frontcode servers, and the
>network collapses. Frontcode are working on new technologies to
>remove the need for the central server, as this will create a
>network which is almost impossible to shut down.
>I have and older WinMX as I could not stand the new interface and
>the way it worked. So I took it off and went back to v2.6.
>
>Lee Rhodes lenella@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Master NetLord" <NetLord@xxxxxxx> To:
><pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:31 PM
>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: winmx
>
>
>>Hmmmmmmmmmmm I've been doing this forever -- but I don't know
>>what WPNP
>is............enlighten us!
>>
>>Regards from the "Keyboard Cowboy", Master NetLord
>
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